Victims Rights and Support Act 2013
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35 Categories of recognition payment
35 Categories of recognition payment
(1) A category A recognition payment is a payment given in respect of an act of violence or act of modern slavery that apparently occurred in the course of the commission of a homicide.
(2) A category B recognition payment is a payment given in respect of an act of violence or act of modern slavery of the following kinds—
(a) a sexual assault resulting in serious bodily injury or which involved an offensive weapon or was carried out by 2 or more persons,
(b) a sexual assault, sexual touching or sexual act or attempted sexual assault involving violence that is one of a series of related acts.
(3) A category C recognition payment is a payment given in respect of an act of violence or act of modern slavery involving any of the following—
(a) a sexual assault other than one referred to in subsection (2) (b),
(b) an attempted sexual assault resulting in serious bodily injury,
(c) an assault resulting in grievous bodily harm,
(d) physical assault of a child that is one of a series of related acts.
(4) A category D recognition payment is a payment given in respect of an act of violence or act of modern slavery involving any of the following—
(a) sexual touching or sexual act,
(b) an attempted sexual assault involving violence other than one referred to in subsection (3) (b),
(c) a robbery involving violence,
(d) an assault (not resulting in grievous bodily harm).
s 35: Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[9A]; 2018 No 33, Sch 5.15 [5] [6].