The FAS can decide whether to treat multiple criminal acts as being related to each other. These are known as related acts.[18] The FAS can treat criminal acts as related acts regardless of whether they are included the same application.[19] Applicants should include all criminal acts which they are seeking assistance for in the same application to avoid needing to prove the eligibility criteria more than once.
Whether or not a victim has experienced related acts will impact the time limits that apply. The time limit for related acts is calculated from the date of the last criminal act. If a primary victim experienced related acts, they may also be entitled to apply for a higher amount of special financial assistance.
Footnotes
[18] See definition of ‘related acts’ at section 4(1) of the Act.
[19] Section 4(2) of the Act.
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