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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 1976 - SECT 11

Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund
(1)  There is to be established in the Public Account an account to be called the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.
(2)  There is to be paid into the Fund
(a) any amount recovered pursuant to a judgment entered in accordance with section 7A (3) ; and
(b) any amount paid to the Treasurer pursuant to section 9 (2) ; and
(c) any money provided by Parliament for the purposes of this Act; and
(d) in accordance with section 79 (7) of the Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1993 , such money as may from time to time be standing to the credit of the Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Account established under section 79 (2) of that Act ; and
(e) the amount of any compensation levy paid pursuant to section 5 of the Victims of Crime Compensation Act 1994 ; and
(f) such other amounts from such other sources as the Minister, with the approval of the Treasurer, may from time to time advance for the purposes of the Fund.
(3)  Any amount required to be paid under an award is to be paid by the Treasurer from the Fund, and, subject to the terms of the award, if any amount is so required to be paid to a person who has died, it is to be paid to that person's legal representative.
(4)  Where there is insufficient money in the Fund to meet the payment of an award made under this Act, there is to be paid into the Fund from the Public Account, without further appropriation than this section, such amount as will enable the award to be paid.



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