Western Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION ACT 2003 - SECT 38

38 .         No award if applicant did not assist investigators

                An assessor must not make a compensation award in favour of a victim, or a close relative of a deceased victim, if the assessor is of the opinion that the victim or close relative did not do any act or thing which he or she ought reasonably to have done to assist in the identification, apprehension or prosecution of the person who committed the offence.