South Australian Numbered Regulations South Australian Numbered RegulationsIn these regulations—
"Act" means the Victims of Crime
Act 2001 ;
"hospital report", in relation to a victim, includes a report
on the victim written by a member of the hospital's medical personnel, the
whole of the victim's record from the hospital or the written summary given to
the victim on the victim's discharge from the hospital;
"limited claim"—a claim for statutory compensation is a
"limited claim" if it is limited to a claim for compensation for one or both
of the following:
(a) for
grief suffered in consequence of the commission of a homicide (see section
17(2) of the Act);
(b) for
funeral expenses (see section 17(4) of the Act),
and "limited application" has a corresponding meaning;
"period for negotiation"—see section 18(5) of the Act;
"related claim"—a claim for statutory compensation is a
"related claim" if—
(a) in
proceedings under the Act, the same legal practitioner represents more than
one victim of an offence claiming compensation in respect of injury arising
from the offence; or
(b) in
proceedings under the Act, the same legal practitioner represents more than
one victim of a series of offences claiming compensation in respect of injury
arising from the series of offences;
"series of offences" means—
(a)
offences committed consecutively by one offender, or offences committed
simultaneously or consecutively by offenders acting in concert; or
(b)
offences committed in circumstances in which those offences constitute a
single offence,
(see section 23 of the Act).