South Australian Numbered Regulations South Australian Numbered RegulationsIn these regulations—
"Act" means the Victims of Crime Act 2001 ;
"allied health practitioner" means a health practitioner other than a dentist
or medical practitioner;
"dentist" means a person who is registered in this or any other State or a
Territory of the Commonwealth as a dentist;
"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;
"medical practitioner" means a person who is registered in this or any other
State or a Territory of the Commonwealth as a medical practitioner;
"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).