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TASMANIA
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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT
BILL 2007
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CONTENTS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
PART 2 - VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 1976 AMENDED
3. Principal Act
4. Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
5. Sections 2A and 3 repealed
6. Part 2 substituted
PART 2 - Awards of Assistance
4. Basis of awards of assistance
5. Secretary may award assistance
6. When assistance not to be awarded
7. Limits on amount of assistance
8. Deductions from awards
9. Procedure for determining applications for awards
10. Recovery from offender
11. Restriction on publishing proceedings
12. Effect on other rights and remedies
12A. Review of decision of Secretary
12B. Victims of Crime Assistance Fund
12C. Exclusion of past criminal conduct
7. Section 18 amended (Making of restraining order)
8. Section 27 amended (Making of forfeiture order)
[Bill 29]-X
9. Section 40A amended (Protection from liability)
10. Section 41 amended (Regulations)
11. Section 42 inserted
42. Savings and transitional provision consequent on
Victims of Crime Assistance Amendment Act 2007
PART 3 - CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 AMENDED
12. Principal Act
13. Section 3B amended (Civil liability excluded from Act)
PART 4 - CRIME (CONFISCATION OF PROFITS) ACT 1993
AMENDED
14. Principal Act
15. Section 79 amended (Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Account)
PART 5 - LAND TITLES ACT 1980 AMENDED
16. Principal Act
17. Section 28A amended (Restraining orders not affected when
land brought under Act)
18. Section 52 amended (Priority notices)
19. Section 52A amended (Attorney-General to give notice of
forfeiture orders)
PART 6 - REGISTRATION OF DEEDS ACT 1935 AMENDED
20. Principal Act
21. Section 15 amended (Attorney-General to give notice of
forfeiture orders)
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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT
BILL 2007
(Brought in by the Minister for Justice and Workplace
Relations, the Honourable Steven Kons)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1976,
the Civil Liability Act 2002, the Crime (Confiscation of
Profits) Act 1993, the Land Titles Act 1980 and the
Registration of Deeds Act 1935
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Victims of Crime
Assistance Amendment Act 2007.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.
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PART 2 - VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT
1976 AMENDED
3. Principal Act
In this Part, the Victims of Crime Assistance Act
1976* is referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting "compensation" from the
definition of "award" in subsection (1)
and substituting "assistance";
(b) by omitting the definition of
"Commissioner" from subsection (1);
(c) by omitting the definitions of
"dependant", "Deputy Registrar" and
"Fund" from subsection (1) and
substituting the following definition:
"Fund" means the Fund continued
under section 12B as the Victims
of Crime Assistance Fund;
(d) by omitting the definition of "Master"
from subsection (1);
*No. 32 of 1976
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(e) by omitting the definitions of "primary
victim", "Registrar", "related victim" and
"secondary victim" from subsection (1)
and substituting the following
definitions:
"related person" means a person who
is -
(a) the spouse of a victim; or
(b) a parent, step-parent or
guardian of a victim who
was under 18 years of age
at the time of the offence;
or
(c) in a personal relationship,
within the meaning of the
Relationships Act 2003,
with a victim;
"Secretary" means Secretary of the
Department;
"sexual offence" means an offence
under section 124(1), 125A(2),
127(1), 127A(1), 133(1) or (2) or
185(1) of the Criminal Code or
an attempt to commit such an
offence;
"victim" means a person who is
injured or killed as specified in
section 4(1).
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(f) by inserting the following subsection
after subsection (3):
(4) In this Act a reference to finding
a person guilty of an offence
includes -
(a) a reference to the person
pleading guilty to the
offence; and
(b) a reference to a court
finding the person guilty
of the offence, whether or
not a conviction is
recorded; and
(c) a reference to a court
finding the charge for the
offence proved.
5. Sections 2A and 3 repealed
Sections 2A and 3 of the Principal Act are
repealed.
6. Part 2 substituted
Part 2 of the Principal Act is repealed and the
following Part is substituted:
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PART 2 - AWARDS OF ASSISTANCE
4. Basis of awards of assistance
(1) Subject to sections 5 and 6, assistance
may be awarded under this Act where a
person is killed or suffers injury -
(a) as a result of the act of another
person that constitutes an offence
or would have constituted an
offence, but for the fact that that
other person had not attained a
specified age, or was insane, or
had other grounds of excuse or
justification at law for his or her
act; or
(b) in assisting a police officer in the
exercise of the power to arrest a
person or to take action to prevent
the commission of a crime by a
person.
(2) In respect of the injury of a victim,
assistance awarded under this Act may
be awarded to the victim, subject to
sections 5 and 6, in respect of any one or
more of the following matters:
(a) the costs of medical, dental,
psychological and counselling
services reasonably incurred by
the victim as a result of the
injury;
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(b) the reasonable costs of medical,
dental, psychological and
counselling services which the
Secretary is satisfied the victim
will require in the future as a
result of the injury;
(c) the pain and suffering of the
victim arising from the injury if
the injury is sustained as a result
of a sexual offence.
(3) In respect of the death or injury of a
victim, assistance awarded under this Act
may be awarded to a related person,
subject to sections 5 and 6, in respect of
the following matters:
(a) the costs of medical, dental,
psychological and counselling
services provided to the victim as
a result of the injury which have
been reasonably incurred by the
related person;
(b) the reasonable costs of medical,
psychological and counselling
services which the Secretary is
satisfied the victim will require in
the future as a result of the injury.
(4) Assistance awarded to a victim under
subsection (2)(c) may not exceed $2 000
or such other amount as may be
prescribed for the purposes of this
subsection.
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5. Secretary may award assistance
(1) Subject to this section, the Secretary, at
his or her discretion, may award
assistance to, or in relation to, a victim.
(2) In exercising his or her discretion in any
particular case as to whether or not to
award assistance and the amount of
assistance to be awarded, the Secretary -
(a) is to have regard to any
behaviour, condition, attitude or
disposition of the victim that
appears to him or her to have
directly or indirectly contributed
to the injury or death in relation
to which the assistance is sought;
and
(b) is to have regard to whether the
victim or related person seeking
assistance incurred expenses in
obtaining services for the victim,
and the amount of those
expenses, in circumstances where
the victim or related person
reasonably could have avoided
incurring those expenses by
obtaining services of that type
under a scheme conducted by a
government body or a charitable
organisation free of charge or for
substantially less than the
expenses incurred; and
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(c) may have regard to any other
matters and circumstances that he
or she considers relevant.
(3) The Secretary may not award assistance
to, or in relation to, a victim in respect of
a death or injury unless he or she is
satisfied, on a balance of probabilities,
that the death or injury was the result of
criminal conduct.
(4) The Secretary may not award assistance
to, or in relation to, a victim if the victim
has failed to do any act or thing which, in
the opinion of the Secretary, the victim
should reasonably have done to assist in
the identification, apprehension or
prosecution of any person alleged to have
committed the criminal conduct or
alleged criminal conduct that resulted in
the death or injury for which assistance is
sought.
(5) If the Secretary is satisfied a victim or
related person has, or had, an adequate
remedy in civil proceedings in respect of
the criminal conduct that resulted in the
death or injury for which assistance is
sought, the Secretary -
(a) may refuse to award assistance to,
or in relation to, the victim; or
(b) may award assistance taking into
account any amount -
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(i) recovered by or for the
benefit of the victim by
way of damages or
compensation arising
from the criminal
conduct; or
(ii) that would, in the opinion
of the Secretary, be likely
to be so recovered if
proper action was taken
by the victim or on his or
her behalf.
(6) On refusing to award assistance, or on
awarding assistance, as specified in
subsection (5)(a) or (b) to, or in relation
to, a victim in respect of death or injury
resulting from criminal conduct, the
Secretary may give leave for the making
of a further application, by or on behalf
of the victim or related person, for
assistance or further assistance in respect
of the same criminal conduct.
(7) On receipt of an application made with
leave given under subsection (6), the
Secretary may award assistance or
further assistance if he or she considers it
just to do so having regard to
circumstances that have arisen, or
information that has been obtained, since
his or her previous determination.
(8) If the Secretary is satisfied that assistance
should be awarded to, or in relation to, a
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victim but does not have sufficient
information to enable the final
determination of the amount of the
assistance, the Secretary may, if he or she
considers it proper to do so, make an
interim award of assistance.
(9) The making of an interim award of
assistance does not prevent the making of
a further interim award of assistance.
(10) An award of assistance may be made on
and subject to such conditions as the
Secretary determines as to -
(a) the payment, disposal, allotment
or apportionment of any sum paid
under the award; and
(b) the holding of any sum paid
under the award on trust for the
victim.
6. When assistance not to be awarded
(1) The Secretary may not award assistance
to, or in relation to, a victim -
(a) in respect of a death or injury
caused by or arising out of the
use of a motor vehicle within the
meaning of the Vehicle and
Traffic Act 1999; or
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(b) by way of exemplary or
vindictive damages or by way of
aggravated damages; or
(c) for loss of, or damage to,
property; or
(d) for pain and suffering except in
relation to a victim of a sexual
offence; or
(e) in relation to a matter referred to
in section 4(2) or (3) for which
compensation has been paid, or is
payable, under a compensation
law; or
(f) for expenses claimable -
(i) under Part II of the Health
Insurance Act 1973 of the
Commonwealth; or
(ii) from a registered health
benefits organization
under the National Health
Act 1953 of the
Commonwealth; or
(g) if the victim is found guilty of an
offence arising from the incident
in which the injury occurred; or
(h) in circumstances referred to in
section 5(3) or (4).
(2) In subsection (1)(e) -
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"compensation law" means any other
law of the State or any law of
another State, a Territory or the
Commonwealth that relates to the
payment of compensation by an
employer in respect of the death
or injury of persons employed by
the employer.
7. Limits on amount of assistance
(1) The amount of assistance awarded in
relation to the death or injury of a victim
in respect of a particular criminal
conduct must not exceed the prescribed
maximum.
(2) In subsection (1), a reference to
particular criminal conduct is to be
construed as a reference to -
(a) a single offence; or
(b) a series of offences committed by
the same offender; or
(c) a series of offences committed
simultaneously or consecutively
by offenders acting in concert.
(3) A different maximum amount may be
prescribed in respect of a series of
offences than that prescribed in respect
of a single offence.
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(4) Despite subsection (1), an amount of
assistance awarded under section 4(2)(c)
may be paid in addition to the prescribed
maximum if the Secretary so determines.
8. Deductions from awards
(1) The Secretary may deduct from
assistance awarded to, or in relation to, a
victim any one or more of the following
amounts:
(a) any pecuniary penalty imposed
on the person awarded assistance
and owing to the Crown;
(b) any compensation levy payable
by the person awarded assistance
under the Victims of Crime
Compensation Act 1994;
(c) any unpaid compensation order
made against the person awarded
assistance under section 68 of the
Sentencing Act 1997;
(d) any assistance order made against
the person awarded assistance
under section 10 of this Act.
(2) If an amount is deducted -
(a) under subsection (1)(a), the
penalty is to be treated as paid to
the extent of that deduction; or
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(b) under subsection (1)(b), the levy
is to be treated as paid to the
extent of that deduction; or
(c) under subsection (1)(c), the order
is to be treated as discharged to
the extent of that deduction; or
(d) under subsection (1)(d), the order
is to be treated as discharged to
the extent of that deduction.
9. Procedure for determining applications for
awards
(1) In this section -
"relevant date" means the day on
which the criminal conduct, in
respect of which an application
for an award is made, occurred.
(2) An application for an award is to be
made to the Secretary.
(3) An application by a victim or related
person for an award is to be made -
(a) within 3 years after the relevant
date; or
(b) if the victim is less than 18 years
old on the relevant date, not later
than 3 years after he or she turns
18.
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(4) The Secretary may extend the 3-year
period referred to in subsection (3)(a) or
(b), once or more than once, if satisfied
that there are special circumstances
which justify the extension.
(5) In considering an application for an
award, the Secretary is entitled to inform
himself or herself as he or she sees fit.
(6) Proof of the finding that a person is
guilty of an offence is to be taken, in
relation to any application for an award,
to be conclusive evidence of the fact that
the offence has been committed unless an
appeal against that finding is pending or
a new trial has been directed.
(7) In considering an application for an
award to any person, the Secretary -
(a) may give directions requiring the
person to appear before him or
her in person; and
(b) may refuse to make the award if,
without reasonable excuse, the
person fails or refuses to comply
with the directions.
10. Recovery from offender
(1) In this section, a reference to an award
includes a reference to an interim award
under section 5(8).
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(2) If -
(a) an award is made under this Act;
and
(b) an offender is found guilty of an
offence in respect of the criminal
conduct which led to an
application for the award being
made -
the Secretary must make an order
directing the offender to pay to the
Crown the whole of the assistance
awarded, whether or not the court finding
the offender guilty proceeds, or proceeds
immediately, to conviction.
(3) Within 6 months after the Secretary
makes an order under subsection (2), the
Attorney-General may cause a
memorandum in a summary form of the
relevant parts of the order to be -
(a) made on paper; and
(b) sealed with the seal of the
Supreme Court; and
(c) entered and enforced under the
Supreme Court Civil Procedure
Act 1932 as if it were a judgment
of the Supreme Court under that
Act.
(4) Any amount recovered pursuant to an
order entered in accordance with
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subsection (3) as if it were a judgment
must be paid into the Fund.
11. Restriction on publishing proceedings
(1) In this section -
"prohibited report" means a report of
any proceedings before the
Secretary on an application under
this Act if the report identifies, or
enables the identification of, the
applicant or the person for whom
assistance is sought.
(2) A person must not publish or cause or
allow to be published a prohibited
report -
(a) in any newspaper, periodical or
similar publication; or
(b) in any book publicly exposed or
offered for sale; or
(c) in any television or radio
broadcast; or
(d) on the internet.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty
units.
(3) Nothing in this section prohibits the
publication of any matter by or under the
authority of the Attorney-General, or by
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a person who, by virtue of his or her
office, is authorised or required to make
the publication.
12. Effect on other rights and remedies
(1) Subject to this section, the making in
respect of any criminal conduct of an
award to a person does not affect the
enforcement of any right or remedy that
the person may have as a consequence of
the criminal conduct.
(2) If -
(a) an award is made to a person in
respect of criminal conduct and
the assistance awarded has been
paid to the person; and
(b) as a consequence of that criminal
conduct, a sum is recovered by or
for the benefit of that person by
way of damages or compensation
otherwise than under this Act -
that sum is taken to be held in trust for
the Treasurer until the amount of the
assistance awarded has been repaid to the
Treasurer.
(3) If, in respect of criminal conduct -
(a) an award is made to a person; and
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(b) judgment is entered for the
Crown in accordance with
section 10 with respect to the
award; and
(c) a sum recovered by or for the
benefit of the person by way of
damages or compensation as a
consequence of the criminal
conduct is taken to be held in
trust for the Treasurer pursuant to
subsection (2); and
(d) the Treasurer is paid an amount
pursuant to subsection (2) out of
the sum referred to in
paragraph (c) -
the amount of the judgment debt is
reduced by the sum paid to the Treasurer.
(4) The Treasurer is to pay any amount paid
to the him or her pursuant to
subsection (2) into the Fund.
(5) If, in the circumstances of any particular
case, the Attorney-General considers it
just, the Treasurer is to relinquish, in
whole or in part, the rights accrued or
accruing to him or her under
subsection (2).
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12A. Review of decision of Secretary
A person aggrieved by a decision of the
Secretary under this Part may apply to
the Magistrates Court (Administrative
Appeals Division) for a review of that
decision.
12B. Victims of Crime Assistance Fund
(1) The account established in the Special
Deposits and Trust Fund as the Criminal
Injuries Compensation Fund is continued
under the name "Victims of Crime
Assistance Fund".
(2) The following amounts are to be paid
into the Fund:
(a) an amount recovered pursuant to
a judgment entered in accordance
with section 10(3);
(b) an amount paid to the Treasurer
pursuant to section 12(2);
(c) money provided by Parliament
for the purposes of this Act;
(d) in accordance with section 79(7)
of the Crime (Confiscation of
Profits) Act 1993, such money as
may from time to time be
standing to the credit of the
Crime (Confiscation of Profits)
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Account established under
section 79(2) of that Act;
(e) the amount of any compensation
levy paid pursuant to section 5 of
the Victims of Crime
Compensation Act 1994;
(f) such other amounts from such
other sources as the Minister,
with the approval of the
Treasurer, may from time to time
advance for the purposes of the
Fund.
(3) An amount of assistance required to be
paid to a person under an award is to be
paid by the Treasurer from the Fund -
(a) to the person; or
(b) subject to the terms of the award,
if the person has died, to the
person's legal representative.
(4) If there is insufficient money in the
Fund to meet a payment of
assistance awarded, there is to be
paid into the Fund from the
Consolidated Fund, without further
appropriation than this section, such
amount as will enable the award to
be paid.
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12C. Exclusion of past criminal conduct
An award may not be made in respect of
criminal conduct occurring before the
commencement of this Act.
7. Section 18 amended (Making of restraining order)
Section 18(1)(a) of the Principal Act is amended
by omitting "compensation" and substituting
"assistance".
8. Section 27 amended (Making of forfeiture order)
Section 27(1)(a) of the Principal Act is amended
by omitting "compensation" and substituting
"assistance".
9. Section 40A amended (Protection from liability)
Section 40A of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "A Commissioner" and substituting
"The Secretary".
10. Section 41 amended (Regulations)
Section 41 of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting subsection (2) and substituting the
following subsection:
(2) Without limiting the generality of
subsection (1), the regulations may -
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(a) prescribe the manner in which an
application for an award is to be
made, the information to be
included in the application and
the documents that are to
accompany the application; and
(b) require that an application for an
award be accompanied by a
statutory declaration as specified
in the regulations; and
(c) provide for any matter that is
necessary or expedient in relation
to applications for, and the
granting, administration and
execution of, restraining orders,
forfeiture orders and production
orders under Part 3.
11. Section 42 inserted
After section 41 of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Part 4:
42. Savings and transitional provision
consequent on Victims of Crime Assistance
Amendment Act 2007
(1) In this section -
"commencement day" means the day
on which the Victims of Crime
Assistance Amendment Act 2007
commenced;
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"Commissioner" means a person who
was a Commissioner under the
former Act;
"former Act" means this Act as in
force immediately before the
commencement day.
(2) If an application for an award of
assistance has been made, but not finally
determined, under the former Act before
the commencement day -
(a) the application is taken to have
been made to the Secretary; and
(b) anything done by or in relation to
a Commissioner in respect of the
application is taken to have been
done by or in relation to the
Secretary; and
(c) in making a determination in
respect of the application, the
former Act applies in relation to
the determination and any amount
of assistance awarded.
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Part 3 - Civil Liability Act 2002 Amended s. 12
PART 3 - CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 AMENDED
12. Principal Act
In this Part, the Civil Liability Act 2002* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
13. Section 3B amended (Civil liability excluded from
Act)
Section 3B(4) of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by inserting "or assistance" after
"compensation";
(b) by omitting "Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act 1976" and substituting
"Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1976".
*No. 54 of 2002
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s. 14 Part 4 - Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1993 Amended
PART 4 - CRIME (CONFISCATION OF PROFITS) ACT
1993 AMENDED
14. Principal Act
In this Part, the Crime (Confiscation of Profits)
Act 1993* is referred to as the Principal Act.
15. Section 79 amended (Crime (Confiscation of
Profits) Account)
Section 79(7) of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund
established under the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act 1976." and substituting
"Victims of Crime Assistance Fund continued
under the Victims of Crime Assistance Act
1976.".
*No. 20 of 1993
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Part 5 - Land Titles Act 1980 Amended s. 16
PART 5 - LAND TITLES ACT 1980 AMENDED
16. Principal Act
In this Part, the Land Titles Act 1980* is referred
to as the Principal Act.
17. Section 28A amended (Restraining orders not
affected when land brought under Act)
Section 28A of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "Criminal Injuries Compensation Act
1976," and substituting "Victims of Crime
Assistance Act 1976,".
18. Section 52 amended (Priority notices)
Section 52 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1)(f)
"section 18 of the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act 1976." and
substituting "section 18 of the Victims of
Crime Assistance Act 1976.";
(b) by omitting from subsection (5A)(b)(i)
"section 23 of the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act 1976" and substituting
"section 23 of the Victims of Crime
Assistance Act 1976".
*No. 19 of 1980
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19. Section 52A amended (Attorney-General to give
notice of forfeiture orders)
Section 52A of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "section 29 of the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act 1976," and substituting
"section 29 of the Victims of Crime Assistance
Act 1976,".
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Part 6 - Registration of Deeds Act 1935 Amended s. 20
PART 6 - REGISTRATION OF DEEDS ACT 1935
AMENDED
20. Principal Act
In this Part, the Registration of Deeds Act 1935*
is referred to as the Principal Act.
21. Section 15 amended (Attorney-General to give
notice of forfeiture orders)
Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "section 29 of the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act 1976," and substituting
"section 29 of the Victims of Crime Assistance
Act 1976,".
*No. 24 of 1935
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