Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If a compensation
award made in favour of a victim who has suffered injury includes an amount in
respect of expenses of the kind referred to in section 6(2)(b), the amount is
not to be paid unless —
(a) the
Chief Assessor is given evidence for the purposes of paragraph (b) by or on
behalf of the victim; and
(b) an
assessor is satisfied that the expenses have been reasonably incurred by or on
behalf of the victim for treatment that the victim required as a direct
consequence of the injury suffered by the victim in consequence of the
commission of the offence to which the award relates; and
(c) the
Chief Assessor is given a request for payment of the amount in accordance with
subsection (2).
(2) A request referred
to in subsection (1)(c) must be given to the Chief Assessor —
(a) if
the victim was under 18 years of age on the date of the award, before —
(i)
the victim reaches 28 years of age; or
(ii)
the expiry of 10 years after the date on which the Acts
Amendment (Justice) Act 2008 section 31 commences,
whichever occurs last;
or
(b)
otherwise —
(i)
if the award was made before that section commences,
within 10 years after the day on which it commences; or
(ii)
otherwise, within 10 years after the date of the award.
[Section 48 amended: No. 5 of 2008 s. 31.]