Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT 1994 - SECT 8

    (1)     In this Act:

"justice agency"—

        (a)     means any of the following entities:

              (i)     the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for maintaining a register of victims of offenders under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

, section 215 (the adult offenders victims register unit );

              (ii)     the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for maintaining the affected person register under the Mental Health Act 2015

, part 7.2 (the affected person register unit );

              (iii)     the chief police officer;

              (iv)     the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for the Corrections Management Act 2007

(the corrective services unit );

              (v)     a court or tribunal, when acting in an administrative capacity;

              (vi)     the director of public prosecutions;

              (vii)     a referring entity, when acting in an administrative capacity;

              (viii)     the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for the Crimes (Restorative Justice) Act 2004

(the restorative justice unit );

              (ix)     the sentence administration board, when acting in an administrative capacity;

              (x)     the victims of crime commissioner;

              (xi)     the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for this Act;

              (xii)     the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for maintaining a register of victims of young offenders under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

, section 215A (the  youth justice victims register unit );

              (xiii)     the director-general responsible for the Children and Young People Act 2008

;

              (xiv)     an entity prescribed by regulation; but

        (b)     does not include any of the following:

              (i)     the Chief Justice or a judge;

              (ii)     the Chief Magistrate, a magistrate or any office that must be occupied by a magistrate.

    (2)     For subsection (1), definition of "justice agency", paragraph (a), an entity that is a court or tribunal is acting in an administrative capacity other than when it is exercising its jurisdiction in relation to any proceeding before it.

Note 1     A director-general may delegate to a public employee or another person a function given to the director-general under this Act (see Public Sector Management Act 1994

, s 20).

Note 2     An entity that is not a justice agency need not comply with victims rights (see s 18), although the entity should have regard to victims rights (see  s 18A).