Western Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION ACT 2003 - SECT 31

31 .         Maximum for single offence

        (1)         Subject to sections 32, 33 and 34, the maximum amount that may be awarded in aggregate under sections 30(1) and (3) in favour of one person for a single offence committed on a date in a period set out in the Table to this subsection is set out in the Table opposite that period.

Table

Item	Period (all dates inclusive)	Maximum amount
1.	22 January 1971 to 17 October 1976	For an indictable offence: $2 000 For a simple offence: $300
2.	18 October 1976 to 31 December 1982	$7 500
3.	1 January 1983 to 31 December 1985	$15 000
4.	1 January 1986 to 30 June 1991	$20 000
5.	1 July 1991 to the day before the day on which this Act comes into operation	$50 000
6.	On or after the day on which this Act comes into operation	$75 000

        (2)         Subject to sections 32, 33 and 34, the maximum amount that may be awarded in aggregate on a compensation application made by the personal representative of a victim who dies as a consequence of the commission of an offence committed in a period set out in the Table to subsection (1) is set out in that Table opposite the period.

        (3)         The regulations may from time to time amend the Table to subsection (1) by —

            (a)         inserting a further item that specifies the maximum amount for offences committed on or after a date specified or referred to in the item, being a date on or after the date on which the regulations come into operation; and

            (b)         making any necessary consequential amendments to any previous item in the Table that do not change the effect of the item.