Proclamation re commencement (2006-781) (NSW)

2006 No 781

New South Wales

Proclamation

under the

Victims Support and Rehabilitation Amendment Act 2006 No 127

MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Amendment Act 2006, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 22 December 2006 as the day on which Schedule 1 [1], [2], [8]–[10], [12], [13], [17], [21]–[27], [29], [30] and [39]–[48] to that Act commence.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 20th day of December 2006.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,
Attorney General

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence certain provisions of the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Amendment Act 2006 which amend the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996. These amendments relate to, among other things, the definition of act of violence, the amount of compensation, reasons for not making awards or for reducing the amount of compensation payable and interim awards of compensation.

BY AUTHORITY

Published in Gazette No 189 of 22 December 2006, page 11549 Page 1