Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Within the limit set by section 12, a related victim may be awarded by the Tribunal assistance of up to $50 000.
(2) The amount awarded to a related victim may be made up of amounts—
(a) for expenses actually incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the related victim for reasonable counselling services;
(b) for medical expenses or funeral expenses actually and reasonably incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the related victim as a direct result of the death of the primary victim;
(c) for distress experienced, or reasonably likely to be experienced, by the related victim as a direct result of the death of the primary victim;
(d) for loss of money that, but for the death of the primary victim, the related victim would have been reasonably likely to receive from the primary victim during a period of up to 2 years after that death;
(e) for other expenses actually and reasonably incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the related victim as a direct result of that death.
(3) Assistance may not be awarded to a related victim for expense incurred through loss of or damage to property.
S. 13(4) inserted by No. 54/2000 s. 9(2).
(4) In exceptional circumstances, there may also be included in the amount awarded to a related victim within the limit set by subsection (1) an amount for other expenses actually and reasonably incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the related victim to assist his or her recovery from the death of the primary victim of the act of violence.
S. 14 repealed by No. 54/2000 s. 9(3).
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Division 4—Assistance for funeral expenses