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Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016
48How financial assistance may be given
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48 How financial assistance may be given
If the commissioner has decided the amount of financial assistance
that an applicant for the assistance is entitled to receive, the assistance
may be given in any of the following ways:
(a) as a single payment, or a series of payments, to the applicant;
(b) as payment of an invoice for, or on behalf of, the applicant;
(c) as a refund of expenditure incurred by, or on behalf of, the
applicant;
(d) if the applicant is a child—as a payment to the public trustee and
guardian to be held on trust for the applicant.
Variation of amount of financial assistance Division 3.7
Division 3.7 Variation of amount of financial