South Australian Current Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT 2001 - SECT 31

31—Payments from Fund

        (a1)         The following payments must be made from the Fund:

            (a)         all payments made by the Attorney-General under this Act;

            (b)         the salary of the Commissioner;

            (c)         the salaries of other staff of the Commissioner if those staff are designated by the Attorney-General as being staff to whom this provision applies.

        (1)         The Attorney-General has an absolute discretion to make payments from the Fund to a government or non-government organisation or agency for a purpose that will, in the Attorney-General's opinion, assist in the prevention of crime or advance the interests of victims of crime.

        (2)         The Attorney-General also has an absolute discretion to make other payments from the Fund to or for the benefit of victims of crime that will, in the Attorney-General's opinion, help them to recover from the effects of crime or advance their interests in other ways.

        (3)         A decision by the Attorney-General in the exercise of a discretion under this section cannot be challenged or called in question before any court.