39Documentary evidence

#### 39 Documentary evidence 39 Documentary evidence > > (1) An application for victims support is to be accompanied by such documentary evidence as may be required by the approved form. > > > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the documentary evidence to be required— > > > > > (a) for an application for financial assistance for immediate needs under section 26—is documentary evidence (such as a medical or police report or a report by an agency that provides support services to victims of crime) sufficient to support, on the balance of probability, the applicant’s claim to be a victim of an act of violence or act of modern slavery, and > > > > > (b) for an application for financial assistance for economic loss under section 26 or 27 or for a recognition payment—is— > > > > > > > (i) a police report, or a report by a Government agency or any other agency that provides support services to victims of crime, sufficient to support, on the balance of probability, the applicant’s claim to be a victim of an act of violence or act of modern slavery, and > > > > > > > (ii) a medical, dental or counselling report verifying that the applicant or child who is the primary victim concerned has actually been injured as a result of an act of violence or act of modern slavery. > > > (3) An application for financial assistance under section 26 (1) (c), 27 or 29 is to give full particulars of any economic loss for which the assistance is sought. > > > (4) The application is to include— > > > > > (a) in the case of actual expenses—receipts, invoices or other approved forms of substantiation of the expenditure incurred or to be incurred, or > > > > > (b) in the case of actual loss of earnings—the name and address of the employer, the period of absence from work and a statement from the employer substantiating those particulars. > > > (5) In this section— > > > > agency includes a non-government agency funded by the Commonwealth to provide support services to victims of crime. > > **s 39:** Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7\[11\]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 \[2\] \[3\]; 2018 No 83, Sch 2 \[2\].