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The NSW Department of Communities and Justice is reviewing the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the Act remain appropriate for securing those objectives.
In 2018, the Department completed the first statutory review of the Act. Details about the first review, including the final report, can be found here.
The Act establishes the Victims Support Scheme and legislates the Charter of Victims Rights to provide practical and financial support to victims of violent crime in New South Wales. The Act commenced on 3 June 2013.
The policy objectives of the Act include:
The Act can be viewed in full on the NSW legislation website.
Submissions on the Background Paper (PDF, 1.4 MB) for the statutory review of the Act closed on 22 July 2022. We received 54 submissions and have permission to publish the following 47 submissions.
Please note: The following submissions cannot be read by screen readers. If you require an accessible version, please email us.
19 Sep 2024