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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Introduced by Mr McGinty)
CRIMINAL INJURIES
COMPENSATION AMENDMENT
BILL 1997
A BILL FOR
AN ACT to amend the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act
1985.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Criminal Injuries Compensation
Amendment Act 1997.
5 Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
No. 97 -- 1
Criminal Injuries Compensation
cl. 3 Amendment Act 1997
Principal Act
3. In this Act the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1985* is
referred to as the principal Act.
[* Reprinted as at 12 February 1997.]
5 Section 20 amended
4. Section 20 of the principal Act is amended --
(a) in subsection (1) by deleting ''$15 000, or such other''
and substituting the following --
'' $75 000, or such greater '';
10 (b) by inserting at the end of subsection (2) the
following --
''
unless the offences or alleged offences were
against two or more persons
15 ''; and
(c) by inserting after subsection (3) the following --
''
(4) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, where an
20 application is made under this Act for
compensation for injury or loss suffered by
2 or more persons in consequence of the
commission of an offence or alleged offence
or 2 or more offences or alleged offences
25 against those persons the Chief Assessor
may, in determining that application,
award more than the prescribed maximum
amount referred to in subsection (1) in the
aggregate in respect of an offence or alleged
2
Criminal Injuries Compensation
Amendment Act 1997 cl. 4
offence or all of the offences or alleged
offences.
(5) The provisions of subsection (4)
shall apply to any application determined
5 after 1 July 1997 and the Chief Assessor
shall, on the written request of the
applicant, make a fresh determination in
relation to any application determined
between 1 July 1997 and the
10 commencement of the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Amendment Act 1997.
''.
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