Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 No. 35
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List of Legislation
Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 No. 35
date of assent 17 September 2009
ss 1–2, 127–128, 131, 138, sch 3 defs appropriately qualified, government assessor, scheme manager, the scheme, victims assistance unit commenced on date of assent (see s 2 (a)–(b))
remaining provisions commenced 1 December 2009 (2009 SL No. 277)
Amending legislation
Health Legislation (Health Practitioner Regulation National Law) Amendment Act 2010 No. 14 pt 1, s 124 sch
date of assent 21 April 2010
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2010 (see s 2)
Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 No. 32 ss 1–2, 332 sch 1 pt 2 (prev Health and Hospitals Network Act 2011) (this Act is amended, see amending legislation below)
date of assent 28 October 2011
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2012 (2012 SL No. 61 item 3) (previous proclamation 2012 SL No. 23 item 3 was rep (2012 SL No. 61))
Amending legislation
Health and Hospitals Network and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012 No. 9 ss 1–2(1), 47 (amends 2011 No. 32 above)
date of assent 27 June 2012
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2012 (see s 2 (1))
Health Legislation (Health Practitioner Regulation National Law) Amendment Act 2012 No. 10 pts 1, 19
date of assent 27 June 2012
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2012 (see s 2)
Health Practitioner Registration and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No. 13 ss 1–2(1), pt 18
date of assent 27 March 2013
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 20 May 2013 (2013 SL No. 69 item 1)
Criminal Law and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No. 31 s 1, pt 12
date of assent 13 August 2013
commenced on date of assent
Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 9 ss 1, 40 sch 1
date of assent 28 March 2014
commenced on date of assent
Safe Night Out Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 42 ss 1, 2(2), pt 12
date of assent 05 September 2014
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced on date of assent (see s 2 (2))
Mental Health Act 2016 No. 5
date of assent 04 March 2016
Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2016 No. 38 pt 1, s 69
date of assent 27 June 2016
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
s 69 sch 1 commenced 1 July 2016 (see s 2)
Victims of Crime Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No. 8
date of assent 30 March 2017
pt 3 hdg, ss 6, 8, pts 4–6, s 101 sch 1 amdts of Corrective Services Act 2006, Evidence Act 1977, Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, Recording of Evidence Regulation 2008, Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 and Youth Justice Act 1992 comm 1 July 2017 (2017 SL No. 101)
State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Act 2017 No. 13
date of assent 19 May 2017
ss 8, 17, 21, 24, 29 (3)–(5), 30 (other than to the extent it oms s 42), 34, 42(2), 48, 52, 54, 56, 60, 61, 62, 63, 67, 68, 71, 72, 76, 78, 79, 82(2) and (3), 83(6) and (7), 87, 88 (other than to the extent it ins ss 188, 189, 190, 191, 192), 89(2) (other than to the extent it oms defs civil enforcement fee, default certificate, enforcement debtor, instalment payment notice, registration fee, threshold amount), 89(4) (to the extent it ins defs approved sponsor, eligibility assessment, enforceable amount (other than the example), enforcement action, unpaid work, work and development order), 89(5), 90 sch 1 amdts of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, items 3 and 4, amdts of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009, items 2 and 3 comm 4 December 2017 (2017 SL No. 193)
pts 2–3, ss 11, 12, 14–16, 18–19, 20 (2), 22–23, 25 (as amd 2018 No. 27 s 77), 26(1)–(2) (as amd 2018 No. 27 s 78), 27, 29(1)–(2), 30 (to the extent it om s 42), 31–33, 35–41, 43, 44(3), 49–51, 55(1), 64, 65 (as amd 2018 No. 27 s 79), 69–70, 75, 78–79, 81(2)–(3), 82(1), 83(2), (4), 88 (to the extent it ins ss 188, 189, 190, 191, 192), 89(2) (to the extent it oms defs civil enforcement fee, default certificate, enforcement debtor, instalment payment notice, registration fee, threshold amount), (4) (to the extent it ins defs court debt payment notice, decision maker, early referral, early referral notice, enforceable amount (example), enforcement debtor, enforcement fee, infringement notice default, payment plan, relevant offence, unpaid court debt), 90 sch 1 (other than amdts of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, items 3 and 4, amdts of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009, items 2 and 3) (as amd 2017 No. 18 s 37 sch 1) not yet proclaimed into force (proposed commencement 20 May 2019 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2) (2018 SL No. 51 s 2)) (AIA s 15DA does not apply to the provisions of this Act that commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation (see s 2 (2) (amd 2019 No. 16 s 64))
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2018 No. 21
date of assent 28 September 2018
comm on date of assent
Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No. 27
date of assent 09 November 2018
ss 70, 72–74, pt 9 comm on the day on which the State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Act 2017, s 25 commences (see s 2)
Motor Accident Insurance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No. 36
date of assent 05 December 2019
comm on date of assent
Public Sector Act 2022 No. 34
date of assent 12 December 2022
s 365 sch 3 comm 1 March 2023 (see s 2)
Domestic and Family Violence Protection (Combating Coercive Control) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 1
date of assent 28 February 2023
sch 1 pt 2 comm 1 August 2023 (2023 SL No. 94)
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 No. 17
date of assent 23 June 2023
s 182 sch 3 pt 1 comm 24 June 2024 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA(2))
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 23
date of assent 20 September 2023
pt 34 comm 1 December 2023 (2023 SL No. 166)
s 247 sch 1 ss 3–4 comm 1 February 2024 (2024 SL No. 1)
Victims of Crime Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 34
date of assent 04 December 2023
pt 3 comm 8 December 2023 (2023 SL No. 191)
Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024 No. 21
date of assent 09 May 2024
ch 6 pt 6 comm 2 September 2024 (2024 SL No. 152)
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 24
date of assent 06 June 2024
s 57 sch 1 pt 1 comm on date of assent
History notes
s 3 amd 2017 No. 8 s 16; 2024 No. 21 s 123
s 5 amd 2017 No. 8 s 19; 2023 No. 23 s 234; 2024 No. 21 s 126
ch 2 hdg sub 2017 No. 8 s 17
om 2024 No. 21 s 125
ch 2 pt 1 hdg om 2017 No. 8 s 18
ch 2 pt 2 hdg om 2017 No. 8 s 22
ch 2 pt 3 hdg om 2017 No. 8 s 23
s 6 sub 2017 No. 8 s 20
om 2024 No. 21 s 127
s 6A ins 2017 No. 8 s 20
om 2024 No. 21 s 127
s 6B ins 2017 No. 8 s 20
amd 2017 No. 8 s 101 sch 1
om 2024 No. 21 s 127
s 6C ins 2017 No. 8 s 20
om 2024 No. 21 s 127
s 7 amd 2017 No. 8 s 21
om 2024 No. 21 s 127
s 8 om 2017 No. 8 s 22
s 9 om 2017 No. 8 s 22
s 10 om 2017 No. 8 s 22
s 11 om 2017 No. 8 s 22
s 12 om 2017 No. 8 s 22
s 13 om 2017 No. 8 s 22
s 14 om 2017 No. 8 s 22
s 15 amd 2013 No. 31 s 76; 2014 No. 9 s 40 sch 1; 2016 No. 38 s 69 sch 1; 2016 No. 5 s 923 sch 4
om 2017 No. 8 s 22
s 15A ins 2013 No. 31 s 77
om 2017 No. 8 s 22
s 15B ins 2013 No. 31 s 77
om 2017 No. 8 s 22
s 16 amd 2016 No. 5 s 923 sch 4
om 2017 No. 8 s 23
s 17 om 2017 No. 8 s 24
s 18 amd 2017 No. 8 s 25
om 2024 No. 21 s 127
s 19 amd 2017 No. 8 s 26
om 2024 No. 21 s 127
s 20 sub 2017 No. 8 s 27
om 2024 No. 21 s 127
s 20A ins 2017 No. 8 s 27
om 2024 No. 21 s 127
s 21 amd 2017 No. 8 s 28; 2023 No. 23 s 235
s 23 amd 2023 No. 23 s 236
s 25 sub 2017 No. 8 s 29
s 25A ins 2017 No. 8 s 29
s 25B ins 2017 No. 8 s 29
s 27 amd 2017 No. 8 s 30
s 32 amd 2017 No. 8 s 101 sch 1
s 33 amd 2017 No. 8 s 31
s 35 om 2017 No. 8 s 32
s 36 om 2017 No. 8 s 32
s 36A ins 2017 No. 8 s 33
s 36B ins 2017 No. 8 s 33
s 36C ins 2017 No. 8 s 33
s 36D ins 2017 No. 8 s 33
s 36E ins 2017 No. 8 s 33
s 36F ins 2017 No. 8 s 33
s 36G ins 2017 No. 8 s 33
s 36H ins 2017 No. 8 s 33
s 36I ins 2017 No. 8 s 33
s 36J ins 2017 No. 8 s 33
s 38 amd 2023 No. 34 s 6
s 39 amd 2017 No. 8 s 34
s 41 amd 2017 No. 8 s 35; 2023 No. 34 s 7
s 42 amd 2017 No. 8 s 36
s 44 amd 2023 No. 34 s 8
s 45 amd 2017 No. 8 s 37
s 48 amd 2017 No. 8 s 38; 2023 No. 34 s 9
s 49 amd 2017 No. 8 s 39; 2023 No. 34 s 10
s 50 amd 2017 No. 8 s 40
sub 2023 No. 23 s 237
amd 2023 No. 34 s 11
s 51 amd 2017 No. 8 s 41
s 52 sub 2017 No. 8 s 42
s 53 om 2017 No. 8 s 42
s 55 amd 2017 No. 8 s 43
s 56 amd 2023 No. 23 s 238
s 57 amd 2017 No. 8 s 44
s 58 amd 2017 No. 8 s 45; 2023 No. 23 s 239
s 64 amd 2017 No. 8 s 46
s 65 amd 2017 No. 8 s 47
s 66 amd 2017 No. 8 s 48
s 67A ins 2017 No. 8 s 49
s 67B ins 2017 No. 8 s 49
s 68 amd 2024 No. 24 s 57 sch 1 pt 1
s 69 amd 2017 No. 8 s 50
s 70 amd 2017 No. 8 ss 51, 101 sch 1
s 71 om 2017 No. 8 s 52
s 72 om 2017 No. 8 s 52
s 74 amd 2011 No. 32 s 332 sch 1pt 2 (amd 2012 No. 9 s 47)
s 77 amd 2017 No. 8 s 53
s 81 amd 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch; 2017 No. 8 s 54
s 82 amd 2017 No. 8 s 55
s 83 amd 2017 No. 8 s 56
s 84 amd 2024 No. 24 s 57 sch 1 pt 1
s 84A ins 2017 No. 8 s 57
amd 2023 No. 17 s 182 sch 3 pt 1
s 84B ins 2017 No. 8 s 57
s 84C ins 2017 No. 8 s 57
s 85 amd 2017 No. 8 s 101 sch 1
s 86 amd 2017 No. 8 s 58
s 87 amd 2017 No. 8 s 59
s 88 amd 2017 No. 8 s 60
s 89 amd 2017 No. 8 s 61
s 90 amd 2017 No. 8 s 62
s 94 amd 2017 No. 8 s 63
s 97 amd 2017 No. 8 s 64
s 98 amd 2017 No. 8 s 65
s 99 amd 2017 No. 8 s 66
s 101 amd 2017 No. 8 s 68
s 103 amd 2017 No. 8 s 69
s 104 amd 2017 No. 8 s 70
s 106 sub 2017 No. 8 s 72
s 106A ins 2017 No. 8 s 72
s 106B ins 2017 No. 8 s 72
s 106C ins 2017 No. 8 s 72
s 106D ins 2017 No. 8 s 72
s 106E ins 2017 No. 8 s 72
s 106F ins 2017 No. 8 s 72
s 106G ins 2017 No. 8 s 72
s 110A ins 2017 No. 8 s 73
s 111 amd 2017 No. 8 s 74; 2023 No. 34 s 12
s 113 amd 2017 No. 8 s 75
s 114 amd 2017 No. 8 s 76
s 114A ins 2017 No. 8 s 77
s 114B ins 2017 No. 8 s 77
s 115 amd 2017 No. 8 s 78
s 120 amd 2017 No. 13 s 90 sch 1
s 121 amd 2017 No. 8 s 79
s 124 amd 2017 No. 8 s 80
s 125 amd 2017 No. 8 s 81
s 130 amd 2017 No. 8 s 82
s 136 om 2017 No. 8 s 83
s 137 amd 2017 No. 8 s 84
s 139 amd 2017 No. 8 s 85; 2024 No. 21 s 128
s 140 amd 2017 No. 8 s 86
s 140A ins 2017 No. 8 s 87
s 141A ins 2017 No. 8 s 88
s 141B ins 2017 No. 8 s 88
s 143 amd 2017 No. 8 s 89; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3
s 144 om 2017 No. 8 s 90
s 147 om 2017 No. 8 s 91
s 148 exp 1 December 2011 (see s 148(3))
ch 7 hdg ins 2013 No. 13 s 112
s 196 ins 2013 No. 13 s 112
ch 8 hdg ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 197 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 198 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 199 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 200 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 201 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 202 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 203 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 204 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 205 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 206 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 207 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 208 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 209 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 210 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 211 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 212 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 213 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 214 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 215 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 216 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 217 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 218 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
s 219 ins 2017 No. 8 s 92
ch 9 hdg ins 2023 No. 23 s 240
s 220 ins 2023 No. 23 s 240
ch 10 hdg ins 2023 No. 34 s 13
s 221 ins 2023 No. 34 s 13
s 222 ins 2023 No. 34 s 13
s 223 ins 2023 No. 34 s 13
s 224 ins 2024 No. 21 s 129
s 225 ins 2024 No. 21 s 129
s 226 ins 2024 No. 21 s 129
sch 1AA ins 2017 No. 8 s 93
amd 2023 No. 23 s 241
om 2024 No. 21 s 130
sch 1 amd 2017 No. 8 s 94
sch 2 s 1 amd 2017 No. 8 s 95(1)–(4); 2023 No. 23 s 242(1); 2023 No. 34 s 14(1)–(2)
sch 2 s 2 sub 2017 No. 8 s 95(5)
amd 2023 No. 34 s 14(3)–(6)
sch 2 s 3 amd 2017 No. 8 s 95(6)–(7); 2023 No. 1 s 97 sch 1 pt 2; 2023 No. 23 s 242(2); 2023 No. 34 s 14(7)–(8)
sch 3 def amendment notice ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
sch 3 def appropriately qualified om 2024 No. 21 s 131(1)
sch 3 def assistance limit om 2017 No. 8 s 96(1)
sch 3 def chief executive (transport) ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
sch 3 def crime sub 2017 No. 8 s 96(1)–(2); 2024 No. 21 s 131(1)–(2)
sch 3 def diversionary program amd 2017 No. 8 s 96(3)
sch 3 def domestic violence ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
sch 3 def eligible person ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
om 2024 No. 21 s 131(1)
sch 3 def funeral expense assistance sub 2023 No. 23 s 243
sch 3 def government entity amd 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3
om 2024 No. 21 s 131(1)
sch 3 def health practitioner sub 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch
amd 2012 No. 10 s 47; 2013 No. 13 s 113
sch 3 def investigatory agency om 2024 No. 21 s 131(1)
sch 3 def more serious act of violence amd 2014 No. 42 s 130
sub 2017 No. 8 s 96(1)–(2)
sch 3 def motor accident claim ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
amd 2019 No. 36 s 32 sch 1
sch 3 def NIISQ Act ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
sch 3 def NIISQ application ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
sch 3 def non-government entity ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
om 2024 No. 21 s 131(1)
sch 3 def notice amd 2024 No. 21 s 131(3)
sch 3 def police commissioner om 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 s 3
sch 3 def prescribed offence amd 2017 No. 8 s 101 sch 1
sch 3 def prescribed person sub 2017 No. 8 s 96(1)–(2)
om 2024 No. 21 s 131(1)
sch 3 def prosecutor ins 2013 No. 31 s 78
sch 3 def relevant entity ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
om 2024 No. 21 s 131(1)
sch 3 def relevant payment amd 2017 No. 8 s 96(4)
amd 2018 No. 21 s 18
sch 3 def relevant person amd 2017 No. 8 s 96(5)–(6)
sch 3 def remaining pool amount om 2017 No. 8 s 96(1)
sch 3 def response period ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
sch 3 def scheme manager sub 2017 No. 8 s 96(1)–(2)
sch 3 def series of related acts of domestic violence ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
sch 3 def series of related crimes amd 2017 No. 8 s 101 sch 1
sch 3 def spent conviction om 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 s 4
sch 3 def temporary regulation om 2017 No. 8 s 96(1)
sch 3 def the principles om 2017 No. 8 s 96(1)
sch 3 def uncounted relevant payment ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
sch 3 def victims charter ins 2017 No. 8 s 96(2)
om 2024 No. 21 s 131(1)
Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009
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