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Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016
79Commissioner may ask government agency for
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79 Commissioner may ask government agency for
offender’s home address for recovery action
(1) If the commissioner decides to take recovery action under this part
the commissioner may, at any time, ask a government agency for the
offender’s home address.
(2) If a government agency has the information requested under
subsection (1) the government agency must give the information to
the commissioner unless any other Act, or State or Commonwealth
law, prevents the information being given.
(3) In this section:
agency, of the Commonwealth or a State—
(a) means—
(i) a government department, however described, of the
Commonwealth or State; or
(ii) a statutory office-holder of the Commonwealth or State; or
(iii) any other entity established for a public purpose under a
law of the Commonwealth or State; and
(b) includes the staff of the agency.
government agency means any of the following:
(a) an administrative unit;
(b) a Commonwealth or State agency;
(c) a territory authority;
(d) a territory instrumentality;
(e) a territory-owned corporation;
(f) a statutory office-holder and the staff assisting the statutory
office-holder.
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