Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996 No 115 (formerly Victims Compensation Act 1996). Assented to 2.12.1996. Date of commencement (cll 1, 2 and 3 of Sch 3 excepted), 2.4.1997, sec 2 (1) and GG No 31 of 27.3.1997, p 1667; date of commencement of cll 1, 2 and 3 of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2). This Act has been amended as follows:

1996	No 99	Fines Act 1996. Assented to 26.11.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 27.1.1998, sec 2 (1) and GG No 1 of 2.1. 1998, p 4.
1997	No 142	Crimes Amendment (Child Pornography) Act 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement, 25.1.1998, sec 2 and GG No 7 of 16.1.1998, p 279.
1998	No 134	Victims Compensation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 30.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]–[6] [19]–[23] and [27]–[29], 7.4.1999, sec 2 and GG No 39 of 1.4.1999, p 2575; date of commencement of Sch 1 [7]–[18] and [24]–[26], 15.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 19 of 12.2.1999, p 613.
	No 150	Drug Court Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1.7, 5.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 17 of 5.2.1999, p 575.
1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 41	Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.16, 5.10.1999, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 10.9.1999, p 8699.
	No 48	Criminal Procedure Amendment (Sexual Assault Communications Privilege) Act 1999. Assented to 1.11.1999. Date of commencement, 5.11.1999, sec 2 and GG No 126 of 5.11.1999, p 10403.
	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.60, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487; date of commencement of Sch 4.72, assent, sec 2 (4); date of commencement of Sch 4.169, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 41	Victims Compensation Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 26.6.2000. Date of commencement, Sch 1 [22]–[24] excepted, 14.7.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 88 of 14.7.2000, p 6233; date of commencement of Sch 1 [22]–[24], assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 93	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 1.28, assent, sec 2 (2).
2001	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2.49, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 85	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 28.11.2001. Date of commencement, 18.1.2002, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 18.1.2002, p 177.
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2003	No 10	Victims Legislation Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 5.6.2003. Date of commencement, 23.6.2003, sec 2 and GG No 101 of 20.6.2003, p 5777.
2004	No 55	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 2.44, assent, sec 2 (2).
2005	No 28	Civil Procedure Act 2005. Assented to 1.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 5.48, 15.8.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 100 of 10.8.2005, p 4205.
	No 64	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2.66, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 77	Defamation Act 2005. Assented to 26.10.2005. Date of commencement, 1.1.2006, sec 2.
2006	No 58	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006. Assented to 20.6.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.21, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 73	Crimes Amendment (Apprehended Violence) Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006. The amendment was not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 No 27.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 127	Victims Support and Rehabilitation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1] [2] [8]–[10] [12] [13] [17] [21]–[27] [29] [30] and [39]–[48], 22.12.2006, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 22.12.2006, p 11549; date of commencement of Sch 1 [3]–[7] [11] [14]–[16] [18]–[20] [28] [31]–[38] and [49], 16.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 32 of 16.2.2007, p 821; date of commencement of Sch 3, 12.3.2007, sec 2 and GG No 41 of 9.3.2007, p 1712.
2007	No 80	Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007. Assented to 7.12.2007. Date of commencement, 10.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 7.3.2008, p 1429.
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Schs 1.101, 2 and 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 54	Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3.11.2008, sec 2 (1) and GG No 138 of 31.10.2008, p 10469.
	No 114	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 2.37, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 122	State Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 14, assent, sec 2 (1).
2009	No 49	NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009.
2010	No 9	Crimes Amendment (Child Pornography and Abuse Material) Act 2010. Assented to 28.4.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 17.9.2010, sec 2 (1) and 2010 (517) LW 10.9.2010.
	No 19	Relationships Register Act 2010. Assented to 19.5.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 59	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2.103, 9.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
	No 63	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, 1.7.2010, Sch 1.15.
	No 135	Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 18, 1.1.2011, sec 2 (2) (b) and 2010 (714) LW 17.12.2010.
2011	No 38	Courts and Other Legislation Further Amendment Act 2011. Assented to 13.9.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 17.10.2011, sec 2 (2) and 2011 (543) LW 14.10.2011.
	No 41	Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2011. Assented to 13.9.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 5.61, 1.11.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (559) LW 28.10.2011.

This Act has also been amended by regulations under sec 12.

Table of amendments

Long title	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 1	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 3	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [1].
Sec 5	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [1]; 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [1]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [2].
Part 2, heading	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 9	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [2]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.124 [1] [2].
Sec 14	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [3]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [3].
Sec 14A	Ins 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [4]–[12].
Sec 15	Am 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [13].
Sec 16	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [6]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [14].
Sec 18	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [15].
Sec 19A	Ins 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [2]. Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [7]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [15].
Sec 20	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [8]–[12]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [15].
Part 2, Div 3A, heading	Ins 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 21	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [3]–[5]. Subst 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [7]. Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.28 [1] [2]; 2003 No 10, Sch 3; 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [13]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [16]–[21].
Sec 21A	Ins 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 22	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [8]; 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [14]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [22].
Sec 23	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [15] [16]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [23] [24].
Sec 23A	Ins 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [25].
Sec 24	Am 1999 No 41, Sch 4.16; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.60 [1].
Sec 25	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [17]; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.101 [1].
Sec 26	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [18]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [26].
Secs 26A, 26B	Ins 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [27].
Sec 29	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [9]; 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [19] [20]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [15] [28] [29].
Sec 30	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [10] [11]; 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [21]–[23].
Sec 31	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [24]–[26].
Sec 32	Am 2005 No 28, Sch 5.48 [1].
Sec 33	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 33A	Ins 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 34	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [13] [14]; 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [29] [30].
Sec 35	Am 2006 No 58, Sch 3.21; 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [31]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [15] [30]–[33].
Part 2, Div 6, heading	Subst 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [32].
Sec 35A	Ins 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [33]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [15].
Sec 36	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [34]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [34].
Sec 37	Am 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [35].
Sec 38	Am 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [36] [37].
Sec 42	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [35]–[38]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [15] [38].
Sec 43	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [1].
Sec 44	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 45	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 46	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [9]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.60 [2].
Sec 46A	Ins 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 49	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [11] [12].
Sec 52	Am 2005 No 28, Sch 5.48 [2]; 2007 No 94, Schs 1.101 [2], 2.
Sec 53	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [13]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [22].
Sec 54	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [15]; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.48 [3]; 2006 No 120, Sch 2.109; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.101 [3].
Sec 55	Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 57	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [2].
Sec 58	Am 2011 No 41, Sch 5.61.
Secs 58A, 58B	Ins 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [14].
Part 2, Div 9	Ins 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [15].
Secs 58C–58K	Ins 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 58L	Ins 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [15]. Am 2007 No 94, Schs 2, 4.
Sec 58M	Ins 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [15].
Part 3, heading	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [16].
Sec 63	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [17].
Sec 65A	Ins 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 68	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [16]; 2004 No 55, Sch 2.44.
Sec 69	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [17]; 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [19]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.61; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [39].
Part 4, Div 1, heading	Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [3].
Sec 70	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.60 [3], 4.72 [4].
Sec 71	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.60 [2], 4.72 [4].
Sec 72	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [4] [5].
Sec 73	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [4].
Sec 74	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.199 [1]; 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [39].
Sec 75	Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [39] [40].
Sec 76	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [4].
Part 4, Div 2	Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [6].
Sec 77A	Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [6]. Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 77B	Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [6]. Am 2001 No 56, Sch 2.49.
Secs 77C, 77D	Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [6].
Sec 77E	Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [6]. Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.199 [2] [3].
Sec 77F	Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [6]. Am 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [39] [40].
Secs 77G, 77H	Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.72 [6].
Sec 78	Am 1998 No 150, Sch 1.7; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.60 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [40]; 2011 No 38, Sch 4 [1].
Sec 79	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.199 [4]; 2008 No 122, Sch 14 [1] [2]; 2010 No 63, Sch 1.15 [1] [2].
Sec 80	Rep 1996 No 99, Sch 2.19. Ins 2008 No 122, Sch 14 [3]. Subst 2010 No 63, Sch 1.15 [3].
Sec 84	Am 1999 No 48, Sch 2.2 [1]; 2001 No 85, Sch 8 [1] [2].
Sec 86	Am 2007 No 94, Sch 4.
Sec 87	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [18]; 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 91	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 1	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [19]–[23]; 1999 No 31, Sch 5.112; 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [21] [22]; GG No 88 of 14.7.2000, p 6258; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.66; 2006 No 127, Schs 1 [41]–[43], 3 [1]; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.18 [1]; 2008 No 114, Sch 2.37; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.124 [3]; 2010 No 59, Sch 2.103.
Sch 2	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [24]; 2005 No 77, Sch 6.20; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.21.
Sch 3	Am 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [25] [26]; 1999 No 48, Sch 2.2 [2]; 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [23] [24]; 2001 No 85, Sch 8 [3]–[5]; 2006 No 127, Sch 1 [44]–[46]; 2010 No 63, Sch 1.15 [4]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [41] [42]; 2011 No 38, Sch 4 [2] [3].
Sch 4	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Dictionary	Am 1997 No 142, Sch 2.3; 1998 No 134, Sch 1 [27]–[29]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.60 [4], 4.169; 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [25] [26]; 2006 No 127, Schs 1 [47]–[49], 3 [2]; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.18 [2] [3]; 2008 No 54, Sch 3.4; 2010 No 9, Sch 3.7; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.124 [4]; 2010 No 135, Sch 18 [43] [44].
The whole Act	Am 2000 No 41, Sch 1 [27] (“compensation rules” omitted wherever occurring, “rules” inserted instead).