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CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION AMENDMENT BILL 2004

                      Western Australia


Criminal Injuries Compensation Amendment
                  Bill 2004

                         CONTENTS

1.    Short title                          1
2.    Commencement                         2
3.    The Act amended                      2
4.    Section 3 amended                    2
5.    Section 35 amended                   2
6.    Section 37 amended                   2
7.    Section 43 amended                   3
8.    Section 48A inserted                 3
9.    Section 68 amended                   3
10.   Validation                           4




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                      LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

              (As amended during consideration in detail)


     Criminal Injuries Compensation Amendment
                       Bill 2004


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 2003.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:


1.      Short title
        This Act may be cited as the Criminal Injuries Compensation
        Amendment Act 2004.




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     2.         Commencement
                This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the
                Royal Assent.

     3.         The Act amended
5               The amendments in this Act are to the Criminal Injuries
                Compensation Act 2003*.
                [* Act No. 77 of 2003.]

     4.         Section 3 amended
                Section 3 is amended in the definition of "compensation
10              reimbursement order" by inserting after "under section 52" --
                "
                      of this Act, or section 39(1) of the Criminal Injuries
                      Compensation Act 1985
                                                                                ".

15   5.         Section 35 amended
          (1)   Section 35(2)(c) is amended by deleting "bodily harm" and
                inserting instead --
                "   injury   ".
          (2)   Section 35(2)(e)(i) is amended by deleting "bodily harm" and
20              inserting instead --
                "   injury   ".

     6.         Section 37 amended
                Section 37(3) is amended by deleting "of an injured victim in
                respect of the injury or any loss suffered by the victim as a


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                consequence of the commission of an offence if satisfied that
                the injury" and inserting instead --
                "
                     of --
5                     (aa) an injured victim in respect of the injury or any
                           loss suffered by the victim; or
                      (ab) the personal representative of a deceased
                           victim, in respect of any loss suffered by a
                           close relative of a deceased victim,
10                   as a consequence of the commission of an offence if
                     satisfied that the injury or death
                                                                                 ".

     7.         Section 43 amended
                Section 43 (b) is amended by deleting "made under section 52".

15   8.         Section 48A inserted
                Before Section 49 the following section is inserted in Part 6 --
     "

            48A.     Interpretation
                     In this Part --
20                   "compensation award" includes an award for
                          payment of compensation made under the
                          Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1985.
                                                                                 ".

     9.         Section 68 amended
25        (1)   Section 68 is amended before "If" by inserting the subsection
                designation "(1)".




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           (2)   After section 68 the following subsection is inserted --
                 "
                 (2)   In this section --
                       "compensation award" includes an award for
5                           payment of compensation made under the
                            Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1985.
                                                                              ".

     10.         Validation
           (1)   An order to pay moneys under section 39 of the Criminal
10               Injuries Compensation Act 1985, made on or after 1 January
                 2004, is deemed to have been made under the Criminal Injuries
                 Compensation Act 2003, as amended by this Act.
           (2)   An amount received or recovered as described in section 68 of
                 the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 2003, on or after 1
15               January 2004, is deemed to create a debt due under the Criminal
                 Injuries Compensation Act 2003, as amended by this Act.
           (3)   A notice given under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act
                 1985, on or after 1 January 2004, is deemed to have been given
                 under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 2003, as
20               amended by this Act.




 


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