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Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016
73Commissioner must consult assisted person before
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73 Commissioner must consult assisted person before
giving recovery intention notice to offender
(1) If the commissioner intends giving an offender a recovery intention
notice, the commissioner must tell each assisted person, to whom the
offence that is the subject of the recovery notice relates, the following
by written notice:
(a) that the commissioner is taking recovery action;
(b) that the commissioner will contact the offender to give the
offender a recovery notice;
(c) that the assisted person must, within 28 days after the day the
notice is given to the person (the consultation period), tell the
commissioner, in writing, whether the person has any concerns
about the commissioner contacting the offender or the action
generally.
(2) The commissioner must, after the end of the consultation period, take
into account the matters raised (if any) by an assisted person.