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CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 269Z

269Z—Counselling of next of kin and victims

        (1)         If an application is made under Division 4 that might result in a defendant being released from detention, the Minister must ensure that counselling services in respect of the application are made available to—

            (a)         the defendant's next of kin; and

            (b)         the victim (if any) of the defendant's conduct; and

            (c)         if a victim was killed as a result of the defendant's conduct—the next of kin of the victim.

        (2)         A person does not, in disclosing information about the defendant during the course of providing counselling under this section, breach any code or rule of professional ethics.



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