sec.45Composition of assistance—witness to more serious act of violence

### sec.45 Composition of assistance—witness to more serious act of violence The assistance granted under section 44 (1) (a) to a witness secondary victim of a more serious act of violence may consist of 1 or more of the following components— reasonable counselling expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim as a direct result of witnessing the act of violence; reasonable medical expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim as a direct result of witnessing the act of violence; reasonable incidental travel expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim as a direct result of witnessing the act of violence; reasonable report expenses incurred by the victim for the victim’s application for assistance (including expenses incurred for an examination under section 73 ); if exceptional circumstances exist for the victim, loss of earnings of up to $20,000 suffered, or reasonably likely to be suffered, by the victim, as a direct result of witnessing the act of violence, during a period of up to 2 years after the act; if exceptional circumstances exist for the victim, other reasonable expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim to significantly help the victim recover from the act of violence. relocation expenses costs of securing the victim’s place of residence or business s 45 amd 2017 No. 8 s 37 - (a) reasonable counselling expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim as a direct result of witnessing the act of violence; - (b) reasonable medical expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim as a direct result of witnessing the act of violence; - (c) reasonable incidental travel expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim as a direct result of witnessing the act of violence; - (d) reasonable report expenses incurred by the victim for the victim’s application for assistance (including expenses incurred for an examination under section 73 ); - (e) if exceptional circumstances exist for the victim, loss of earnings of up to $20,000 suffered, or reasonably likely to be suffered, by the victim, as a direct result of witnessing the act of violence, during a period of up to 2 years after the act; - (f) if exceptional circumstances exist for the victim, other reasonable expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim to significantly help the victim recover from the act of violence. Examples of other reasonable expenses— • relocation expenses • costs of securing the victim’s place of residence or business - • relocation expenses - • costs of securing the victim’s place of residence or business - • relocation expenses - • costs of securing the victim’s place of residence or business