Victims Compensation Act 1987 Victims Compensation Amendment (Forms) Regulation 1996 (1996-181) [GG No 61 of 17.5.1996] (NSW)

1996 No 181

New South Wales

Victims Compensation Amendment

(Forms) Regulation 1996

under the

Victims Compensation Act 1 987

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Victims Compensation Act 1987.

JEFFREY SHAW, Q.C., M.L.C.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to replace prescribed forms for application for compensation by victims of crime with new forms approved by the Registrar of the Victims Compensation Tribunal.

This Regulation is made under the Victims Compensation Act 1987, including sections 17 (2) and 76 (a).

Contents

Page

1	Name of Regulation	2
2	Commencement	2

3 Amendment of Victims Cornpensation Regulation

1988   2

4 Notes 2

Schedule 1	Amendment of Victims Compensation
Regulation 1988 2

Published in Gazette No 61 of 17 May 1996, page 2306 Page 1

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Clause 1 Victims Compensation Amendment (Forms) Regulation 1996

Victims Compensation Amendment (Forms)

Regulation 1996

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Victims Compensation Amendment

(Forms) Regulation 1996.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 20 May 1996

1. Amendment of Victims Compensation Regulation 1988

   The Victims Compensation Regulation 1988 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Victims Compensation
Regulation 1988

(Clause 3)

1. Clause 3

   Omit the clause. Insert instead:

   3 Application for compensation

(1)

For the purposes of section 17 (2) of the Act:

(a)	the form of an application for compensation is the approved form supplied by the Registrar, and
(b)	the documentary evidence to accompany the application is the evidence required by that approved form.

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Victims Compensation Amendment (Forms) Regulation 1996

Amendment of Victims Compensation Regulation 1988 Schedule 1

(2)	The Registrar is required to provide to any person on request a copy of the appropriate approved form free of charge.
(3)	An application for compensation made before 1 July 1996 is also in the appropriate form and accompanied by the appropriate documentary evidence if it complies with this clause as in force immediately before 20 May 1996.

[2]        Schedule 1 Forms

Omit Forms 1 and 2.