When deciding whether to pay assistance to an applicant, or how much to pay, the FAS must take into account:
- an applicant's character, behaviour and attitude (including primary, secondary or related victim's or applicant's in funeral application)
- in the case of a related victim application, the character, behaviour and attitude of the deceased primary victim, and
- the criminal history of primary, secondary, related and deceased primary victim, and applicants for funeral expenses applications, but only if relevant.
When deciding whether to pay assistance to an applicant, or how much to pay, the FAS will take into account:
- in the case of a funeral expenses application, the deceased primary victim's character, behaviour, attitude and relevant past criminal history.
When taking into account the character, behaviour, attitude or a criminal history, the FAS may refuse the application or reduce the amount of assistance to be paid.
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