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Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016
63Suspension of financial assistance or funeral expense
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63 Suspension of financial assistance or funeral expense
payment
(a) a person (the applicant) has applied for financial assistance or a
funeral expense payment; and
(b) the commissioner has decided the amount of—
(i) financial assistance that the applicant is entitled to receive
under section 46 (Deciding amount of financial
assistance); or
Repayment of financial assistance and funeral expenses by assisted
(ii) a funeral expense payment the applicant is entitled to
receive under section 60 (Deciding application for funeral
expense payment); and
(c) the applicant is entitled to receive an associated payment in
relation to the act of violence that is the subject of the
application.
(2) If the commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that the applicant
is entitled to receive a payment that will amount to an associated
payment once made, the commissioner may suspend payment of any
financial assistance or funeral expense payment until after the
associated payment is made.
(3) If the commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that, despite an
entitlement to an associated payment, the payment is unlikely to be
made, the commissioner may decide not to suspend payment of any
financial assistance or funeral expense payment.