P-9.2.1 - Act to assist persons who are victims of criminal offences and to facilitate their recovery

Section 66 Disposition versions

2021-10-13

66. The following qualified persons who are victims are, in accordance with a government regulation, eligible for the reimbursement of certain miscellaneous expenses they incur due to, or incurred before, the commission of a criminal offence:

(1)  a person who suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against them;

(2)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased due to the commission of a criminal offence against the child, or a person who had parental authority over the child;

(3)  a witness to the commission of a criminal offence or to the intact scene of the offence after it was committed, within the meaning of subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph of section 15;

(4)  an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16; and

(5)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased, in a case where the child is an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16, or a person who had parental authority over the child.

The expenses referred to in the first paragraph are

(1)  those for the cleaning, repair or replacement of clothing worn at the time of the commission of the offence and which was damaged as a result of that offence; and

(2)  all other expenses provided for by a government regulation.

The regulation mentioned in the first paragraph prescribes the eligible expenses and the standards, amounts and terms relating to the reimbursement of those expenses.

2021, c. 13, s. 66.

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In force: 2021-10-13

66. The following qualified persons who are victims are, in accordance with a government regulation, eligible for the reimbursement of certain miscellaneous expenses they incur due to, or incurred before, the commission of a criminal offence:

(1)  a person who suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against them;

(2)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased due to the commission of a criminal offence against the child, or a person who had parental authority over the child;

(3)  a witness to the commission of a criminal offence or to the intact scene of the offence after it was committed, within the meaning of subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph of section 15;

(4)  an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16; and

(5)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased, in a case where the child is an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16, or a person who had parental authority over the child.

The expenses referred to in the first paragraph are

(1)  those for the cleaning, repair or replacement of clothing worn at the time of the commission of the offence and which was damaged as a result of that offence; and

(2)  all other expenses provided for by a government regulation.

The regulation mentioned in the first paragraph prescribes the eligible expenses and the standards, amounts and terms relating to the reimbursement of those expenses.

2021, c. 13, s. 66.