Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016
27Economic loss payment
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27 Economic loss payment (1) A financial payment (an economic loss payment) may be made to a person for economic loss sustained as a result of an act of violence. (2) A regulation may prescribe the following: (a) economic loss for which an economic loss payment may be made; (b) a condition, if any, to making the economic loss payment; (c) the maximum amount, if any, of the payment for the loss; (d) the maximum amount, if any, of all economic loss payments that may be made in relation to a single act of violence.