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P-9.2.1 - Act to assist persons who are victims of criminal offences and to facilitate their recovery
Section 16
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16. The following persons are, as a result of a civic intervention, considered as persons who are victims who are entitled to financial assistance, according to the terms prescribed by this Title:
(1) an intervening person who suffers interference with their integrity while arresting or attempting to arrest an offender or suspected offender or while assisting a peace officer making or attempting to make an arrest, where the circumstances of the arrest involve a criminal offence;
(2) an intervening person who suffers interference with their integrity while preventing or attempting to prevent the commission of a criminal offence or what the person believes to be such an offence or while lending assistance to a peace officer preventing or attempting to prevent the commission of such an offence or what the peace officer believes to be such an offence;
(3) a parent of a child who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, in a case where the child is an intervening person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2, or a person having parental authority over the child;
(4) a child of an intervening person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, or a child over whom such an intervening person who is deceased or suffers such interference has parental authority;
(5) the spouse of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, in a case where the person is an intervening person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2;
(6) a dependant of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, in a case where the person is an intervening person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2; and
(7) a close relation of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, in a case where the person is an intervening person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2.
For the purposes of the provisions of this Act that apply to the persons referred to in this section, whenever one of those provisions deals with the commission of a criminal offence, the intervention described in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph is deemed to be that commission.
In force: 2021-10-13
16. The following persons are, as a result of a civic intervention, considered as persons who are victims who are entitled to financial assistance, according to the terms prescribed by this Title:
(1) an intervening person who suffers interference with their integrity while arresting or attempting to arrest an offender or suspected offender or while assisting a peace officer making or attempting to make an arrest, where the circumstances of the arrest involve a criminal offence;
(2) an intervening person who suffers interference with their integrity while preventing or attempting to prevent the commission of a criminal offence or what the person believes to be such an offence or while lending assistance to a peace officer preventing or attempting to prevent the commission of such an offence or what the peace officer believes to be such an offence;
(3) a parent of a child who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, in a case where the child is an intervening person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2, or a person having parental authority over the child;
(4) a child of an intervening person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, or a child over whom such an intervening person who is deceased or suffers such interference has parental authority;
(5) the spouse of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, in a case where the person is an intervening person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2;
(6) a dependant of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, in a case where the person is an intervening person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2; and
(7) a close relation of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, in a case where the person is an intervening person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2.
For the purposes of the provisions of this Act that apply to the persons referred to in this section, whenever one of those provisions deals with the commission of a criminal offence, the intervention described in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph is deemed to be that commission.
