South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts209A—Credits to Justice Rehabilitation Fund
(1) The Justice
Rehabilitation Fund (the "Fund") is established.
(2) The Fund must be
kept as directed by the Attorney-General.
(3) The Fund is to
consist of the following money:
(a)
money paid into the Fund under subsection (4);
(b) any
money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of the Fund;
(c) any
money paid into the Fund at the direction or with the approval of the
Attorney-General;
(d) any
income from investment of money belonging to the Fund;
(e) any
money paid into the Fund under any other Act.
(4) Subject to
Division 3A and any direction of a court under this Act, any proceeds of
confiscated assets of a prescribed drug offender must be paid into the Fund.
(5) The Fund may be
applied by the Attorney-General (without further appropriation than this
subsection) in the absolute discretion of the Attorney-General as additional
government funding for the provision of programs and facilities, for the
benefit of offenders, victims and other persons, that will further crime
prevention and rehabilitation strategies.
(6) Nothing in
subsection (5) authorises the application of monies from the Fund—
(a) to a
law enforcement authority of the State for criminal investigation or other law
enforcement purposes (whether civil or criminal); or
(b) for
a purpose that the Attorney-General has determined could be the subject of a
payment from the Victims of Crime Fund under section 31 of the
Victims of Crime Act 2001 .
(7) The
Attorney-General may invest any of the money belonging to the Fund that is not
immediately required for the purposes of the Fund in such manner as the
Attorney-General thinks fit.