26November 2025. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting

26 November 2025. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 26 November 2025. The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. Kinds of republications The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au): • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies • unauthorised republications. The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page. Editorial changes The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice. This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1). Uncommenced provisions and amendments If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register. Modifications If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95. Penalties At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133). contents 1 Page 1 Name of Act 2 3 Dictionary 2 4 Notes 2 5 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc 2 6 Object of Act 3 7 Meaning of act of violence 4 9 Meaning of injury 4 10 Meaning of homicide 5 11 Meaning of primary victim 6 12 Meaning of related victim 6 Page contents 2 Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016 13 Meaning of class A related victim 6 14 Meaning of class B related victim 7 15 Meaning of class C related victim 7 16 Meaning of homicide witness 8 17 Meaning of close family member 8 Division 3.1 Eligibility 18 Eligibility for financial assistance 9 19 Primary victim 9 20 Class A related victim 9 21 Class B related victim 9 22 Class C related victim 10 23 Homicide witness 10 24 Maximum total financial assistance 10 25 CPI indexation of certain prescribed amounts 10 26 Immediate need payment 11 27 Economic loss payment 12 28 Recognition payment for primary victim 12 29 Recognition payment for class A related victim 13 30 Recognition payment for class B related victim 13 31 Application to commissioner 13 32 Time for making application 16 33 Notice of repayment and recovery procedures 17 34 Withdrawal of application 17 35 Amendment of application before commissioner’s decision 17 36 Application lapses if no contact with commissioner 17 37 Application lapses on death of applicant 18 Division 3.5 Commissioner may ask for information when deciding applications for financial assistance 38 Power to ask for further information 18 Page contents 3 39 Power to ask for examination by health practitioner 19 40 Power to ask for information from chief police officer 19 41 Power to ask for information from registrar 22 42 Time for deciding application for financial assistance 23 43 Deciding matters relevant to application for financial assistance generally 23 44 Deciding whether applications involve related acts of violence 24 45 Circumstances in which financial assistance must not be given 25 46 Deciding amount of financial assistance 27 47 Reducing amount of financial assistance 29 48 How financial assistance may be given 30 Division 3.7 Variation of amount of financial assistance 49 Application to vary amount of financial assistance previously received 31 50 Deciding varied amount of financial assistance 32 51 Eligibility to apply for funeral expense payment 34 52 Application for funeral expense payment 34 53 Amount of funeral expense payment 34 54 Time for making application for funeral expense payment 34 55 Notice of repayment and recovery procedures to applicant for funeral expense payment 35 56 Withdrawal of application for funeral expense payment 35 57 Amendment of application before commissioner’s decision for funeral expense payment 35 58 Application for funeral expense payment lapses if no contact with commissioner 35 59 Application lapses on death of applicant for funeral expense payment 36 60 Deciding application for funeral expense payment 36 61 How funeral expense payment may be given 37 Part 5 Repayment of financial assistance and funeral expenses by assisted person 62 Definitions—pt 5 38 Page contents 4 Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016 63 Suspension of financial assistance or funeral expense payment 38 64 Assisted person must notify commissioner about associated payment 39 65 Assisted person liable for repayment amount 40 66 Repayment arrangement notice 40 67 Repayment direction notice 41 68 Death of assisted person before repayment made 42 69 Definitions—pt 6 43 70 Offender liable to repay recoverable amount 44 71 Commissioner must decide whether to take recovery action etc 44 72 Commissioner must assess risks associated with recovery action 45 73 Commissioner must consult assisted person before giving recovery intention notice to offender 45 74 Recovery intention notice 46 75 Commissioner may ask registrar for information relevant to recovery action 47 76 Commissioner must not give offender confidential information 48 77 Recovery notice 48 78 Arrangement for payment of recoverable amount 50 79 Commissioner may ask government agency for offender’s home address for recovery action 51 80 Meaning of offence—pt 7 53 81 Meaning of convicted and convicts—pt 7 53 82 Imposition of victims financial assistance levy 54 83 Exemptions 54 84 Effect of appeal etc 55 85 Meaning of official—pt 8 56 86 Functions of commissioner 56 87 Commissioner’s guidelines 57 88 Protection of officials from liability 57 89 Secrecy 57 Page contents 5 Part 9 Notification and review of decisions 90 Definitions—pt 9 60 91 Internal review notices 60 92 Applications for reconsideration 60 93 Reconsideration of decisions 61 94 Reviewable decision notice 61 95 Applications for review 61 95A Application material not admissible in certain court proceedings 62 96 Limitation on lawyers legal costs 63 97 WPI indexation of lawyers legal costs 63 98 Applications for financial assistance in relation to criminal injuries before commencement of this Act 64 99 Determination of fees 65 100 Approved forms 66 101 Regulation-making power 66 Schedule 1 Offences—act of violence 67 Part 1.1 Definitions 67 1.1 Definitions—sch 1 67 Part 1.2 Offences 68 Division 1.2.1 General offences 68 Division 1.2.2 Family violence offences 68 Schedule 2 Reviewable decisions 71 Part 2.1 Internally reviewable decisions 71 Part 2.2 Reviewable decisions 72 Page contents 6 Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016 Dictionary 73 1 About the endnotes 81 2 Abbreviation key 81 3 Legislation history 82 4 Amendment history 84 5 Earlier republications 88 6 Expired transitional or validating provisions 89 An Act to provide financial assistance for people affected by acts of violence, and for other purposes