7 Procedure for determining applications for awards
(1) [Section 7 Subsection (1) amended by No. 10 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Oct 2001] An application for an award shall be made to the Commissioner, and regulations under this Act may prescribe the manner in which the application is to be made, and the particulars to be furnished therewith, and may require the application to be accompanied by such statutory declaration as may be prescribed.
(2) In the consideration of an application for an award, the Commissioner is entitled to inform himself as he sees fit.
[Section 7 Subsection (2) amended by No. 10 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Oct 2001]
(3) Proof of conviction of any person for an offence shall, in relation to any application for an award, be taken to be conclusive of the fact that the offence has been committed, unless an appeal against the conviction is pending or a new trial has been directed.
(5) [Section 7 Subsection (5) amended by No. 10 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Oct 2001] In his consideration of an application for an award to any person the Commissioner may give directions requiring that person to appear before him in person and he may refuse to make the award if, without reasonable excuse, there is a failure or refusal to comply with the directions.
(6) [Section 7 Subsection (6) amended by No. 10 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Oct 2001] If he thinks it convenient to do so the Commissioner may, at any time, adjourn his consideration of an application for an award, and, in particular, may adjourn his consideration of such an application while legal proceedings are contemplated or being taken in relation to the criminal conduct to which the application relates.
(7) [Section 7 Subsection (7) amended by No. 10 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Oct 2001] Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (6) , the Attorney-General may, at any time, apply to the Commissioner for the adjournment of the consideration by the Commissioner of an application for an award on the ground that a prosecution for an offence arising out of the conduct to which the application relates has been, or is about to be, brought; and on such an application, the Commissioner may adjourn the hearing for such period or in such manner as he thinks proper.
(a) whether or not the cause of action accrued before the amendment day; and
(b) whether or not a period of limitation under this section as in force before the amendment day, had, before the amendment day, expired in respect of the relevant offence.