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Practice Direction 1 of 2008

Awards for Counselling Expenses

The purpose of this Practice Direction is to prescribe procedures to assist the Tribunal to determine an application for an award for counselling expenses, and in particular, to assess -

• the qualifications of the proposed counsellor to diagnose and/or treat the applicant;
• the appropriateness and efficacy of the proposed treatment to assist the applicant to recover from the act of violence which has led to them making an application to the Tribunal;
• whether the proposed cost of the treatment is ‘reasonable’;
• the progress of treatment provided to an applicant when further treatment is recommended; -

and to ensure that the applicant has been informed by the counsellor of the proposed treatment and endorses it.

The Forms to be submitted to the Tribunal are annexed to the Practice Direction and are available on the website under 'Forms' and 'Counselling and Assessment', in a format enabling completion on a computer.  Up-dated information to assist you will be available shortly.

 

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Author:	Chief Magistrate
Place of Publication:	Melbourne
Publisher:	Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal
Date of Publication:	2008
Number of Pages:	17
Copyright:	Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal 2006