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Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009
sec.119Reduction in offender’s liability to pay if amount received under Corrective Services Act 2006
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### sec.119 Reduction in offender’s liability to pay if amount received under Corrective Services Act 2006
This section applies if—
a person ( offender ) becomes liable to pay an amount ( payable amount ) to the State under section 117 (4) ; and
the chief executive is, under the Corrective Services Act 2006 , paid an amount (the corrective services amount ) from the offender’s prisoner’s account, or victim trust fund, under that Act.
See the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 314 and the Corrective Services Regulation 2006 , section 44 (for payments from prisoner’s accounts) and the Corrective Services Act 2006 , chapter 6 , part 12B , division 4 (for payments from victim trust funds).
The offender’s liability under section 117 (4) is reduced by the corrective services amount.
The scheme manager must give the offender a notice stating—
the effect of subsection (2) ; and
the amount the offender is liable to pay after the reduction under subsection (2) .
This section does not limit the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 319ZD (4) .
(sec.119-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person ( offender ) becomes liable to pay an amount ( payable amount ) to the State under section 117 (4) ; and the chief executive is, under the Corrective Services Act 2006 , paid an amount (the corrective services amount ) from the offender’s prisoner’s account, or victim trust fund, under that Act. See the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 314 and the Corrective Services Regulation 2006 , section 44 (for payments from prisoner’s accounts) and the Corrective Services Act 2006 , chapter 6 , part 12B , division 4 (for payments from victim trust funds).
(sec.119-ssec.2) The offender’s liability under section 117 (4) is reduced by the corrective services amount.
(sec.119-ssec.3) The scheme manager must give the offender a notice stating— the effect of subsection (2) ; and the amount the offender is liable to pay after the reduction under subsection (2) .
(sec.119-ssec.4) This section does not limit the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 319ZD (4) .
- (a) a person ( offender ) becomes liable to pay an amount ( payable amount ) to the State under section 117 (4) ; and
- (b) the chief executive is, under the Corrective Services Act 2006 , paid an amount (the corrective services amount ) from the offender’s prisoner’s account, or victim trust fund, under that Act. Note— See the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 314 and the Corrective Services Regulation 2006 , section 44 (for payments from prisoner’s accounts) and the Corrective Services Act 2006 , chapter 6 , part 12B , division 4 (for payments from victim trust funds).
- (a) the effect of subsection (2) ; and
- (b) the amount the offender is liable to pay after the reduction under subsection (2) .