Prompromis v Commissioner of Victims Rights [2017] NSWCATAD 195

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Prompromis v Commissioner of Victims Rights [2017] NSWCATAD 195 Hearing dates: 28 April 2017 Date of orders: 20 June 2017 Decision date: 20 June 2017 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: M Riordan, Senior Member Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 67 (1) (a) of the Act, the order made by the Commissioner on 20 December 2016 is reversed. Catchwords: Victims Rights and Support – administrative review - restitution order against person convicted of relevant offence – evidence of financial support provided to the victim that was not disclosed in their application for victims support – relevance of s 44 (4) of the Act to restitution proceedings - alleged financial hardship. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (No. 2) Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Marcus Prompromis (Applicant) Commissioner of Victims Rights (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: In Person (Applicant) S Sabesan, Victims Rights (Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/00054111 Publication restriction: Section 64 (1) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 – Restriction on publication of information that will identify any victims or evidence given and received in this Tribunal hearing or in relation to the proceedings which is likely to identify those persons

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