When does the window for applying for relief money close, and from which events does each period run?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
A practice file holds the paper showing the date the crime occurred, such as a police report, and any record of when the victim learned of it, such as medical or investigation papers; the district review council's receipt stamp on the application shows which side of a period it was lodged.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading applies the text as written: an application for relief money cannot be made once the period the provision sets, counted from the day the victim learned of the crime that is the eligible offence, has passed, nor once the longer period it sets, counted from the day that crime occurred, has passed, so whichever period closes first ends the right to apply.
Another reading notes that the provision bars a late application without saying who must establish each date, whether either period can be extended for minority or incapacity, or what becomes of an application lodged close to the end, so both dates must be fixed by papers in the file.
Your judgment
Where the date the victim learned of the crime is disputed, what in the file could fix that date rather than the date the crime occurred?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change either period or its starting point, or if an authoritative decision interprets when a person may be taken to have learned of the crime.