Victims Support and Rehabilitation Amendment Rule 2010 (NSW)
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New South Wales
Victims Support and Rehabilitation
Amendment Rule 2010
under the
Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996
Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Rule under the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996.
JOHN HATZISTERGOS, MLC
Attorney General
Explanatory note
The object of this Rule is to amend the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Rule 1997 as a consequence of amendments made to the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996 (the Act) by the Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2010. In particular, this Rule:
| (a) | provides that applications for Victims Assistance under the Act must include full particulars of the actual expenses for which Victims Assistance is sought, and |
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Victims Support and Rehabilitation Amendment Rule
2010
under the
Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996
1 Name of Rule
This Rule is the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Amendment
Rule 2010.
2 Commencement
This Rule commences on 1 January 2011.
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Victims Support and Rehabilitation Amendment Rule 2010
| Amendment of Victims Support and Rehabilitation Rule 1997 | Schedule 1 |
| Schedule 1 | Amendment of Victims Support and Rehabilitation Rule 1997 |
[1] Clause 3 Definition
Omit “Victims Compensation Act 1996” from the definition of the Act.
Insert instead “Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996”.[2] Clause 7A
Omit the clause. Insert instead:
7A Victims Assistance—details of actual expenses An application for Victims Assistance is to include full particulars of the actual expenses for which Victims Assistance is sought, including receipts, invoices and other forms of substantiation of the expenditure incurred as the Director approves.
[3] Clause 12 Professional costs—applications for compensation and proceedings before Tribunal
Insert after clause 12 (5):
(6) Subclauses (1)–(5) of this clause and the Table to this clause, as in force immediately before the commencement of the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Amendment Rule 2010, continue to apply to an application for statutory compensation that was determined by the Tribunal or a compensation assessor before the commencement of that Rule.
[4] Clause 12, Table
Omit the matter relating to the heading “General” in the Table.
Insert instead:
(1) For work carried out by a solicitor or barrister
in relation to the lodgment of an application
for compensation, preparation of material
required to enable the application to be
determined and for work after determination
(a) in the case of an application Up to $825 determined by the awarding of
compensation
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(2) For work carried out by a solicitor or barrister
in relation to an appeal to the Tribunal
(a) in the case of an appeal determined Up to $500 without a hearing
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