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Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016
28Recognition payment for primary victim
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28 Recognition payment for primary victim
(1) A financial payment (a recognition payment) may be made to a
primary victim for trauma experienced by the primary victim as a
result of an act of violence.
(2) A regulation may prescribe the following:
(a) an offence in the course of which the act of violence must occur
for a recognition payment to be made;
(b) the amount of the recognition payment in relation to the offence.