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Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016
81Meaning of convicted and convicts—pt 7
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81 Meaning of convicted and convicts—pt 7
(1) For this part, a person is convicted of an offence if—
(a) the person is convicted or found guilty of the offence; or
(b) if the person is sentenced for another offence—the offence was
taken into account by a court when sentencing the person for the
other offence; or
(c) the person is charged with the offence and an order is made
under the Crimes Act 1914 (Cwlth), section 19B (1) in relation
to the offence.
(2) For this part, a court convicts a person if the court makes an order that
results in the person being convicted.