Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1991 (NO. 13 OF 1991) - SECT 6

6. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by inserting in paragraph (1) (a) “, supported by affidavit” after “writing”;

    (b)     by omitting paragraph (1) (c) and substituting the following paragraph:

    “(c)     be accompanied by a copy of—

              (i)     any relevant medical report;

              (ii)     any relevant statement made to a police officer;

              (iii)     any document showing the receipt of compensation for the relevant injury of property damage under any other law of the Territory or any law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory, or which is relevant to a claim for such compensation;

              (iv)     any document showing the receipt of any damages for the relevant injury or property damage, or which is relevant to a claim for such damages; or

              (v)     any other relevant document.”;

    (c)     by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1A) An applicant shall lodge the application, affidavit and each accompanying document with—

        (a)     where subsection 11 (1) or (3) applies—the Registrar; or

        (b)     where subsection 11 (2) applies—the Clerk.”; and

    (d)     by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:

“(4) Within 14 days after an application is received, the Registrar or the Clerk (as the case requires) shall—

        (a)     forward a copy of the application, affidavit and each accompanying document to the Government Solicitor; and

        (b)     by notice in writing to the applicant and to the Government Solicitor, fix a date, time and place for the determination of the application.”.