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91-67 - General

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 91-67
under the
Victims Services Act
(O.C. 91-282)
Filed April 11, 1991
Under section 26 of the Victims Services Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Regulation:
1This Regulation may be cited as the General Regulation - Victims Services Act.
2(1)The following definitions apply in this Regulation.
“Act” means the Victims Services Act. (Loi)
“common-law partner” means a person who cohabits in a conjugal relationship with another person if the persons are not married to each other. (conjoint de fait)
“offence” means an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada) or the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada). (infraction)
2(2)In the Act and this Regulation, “victim of crime” means:
(a) for the purposes of obtaining financial compensation, a victim of crime as defined in the Compensation for Victims of Crime Regulation - Victims Services Act; and
(b) for the purposes of obtaining any other victims service provided for under the Act:
(i) a person against whom an offence is committed in New Brunswick;
(ii) with respect to a person who is ill or incapacitated and against whom an offence is committed in New Brunswick, anyone who acts on behalf of the person and who has in law or fact custody or is responsible for the care or support of the person;
(iii) the parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor against whom an offence is committed in New Brunswick; or
(iv) the spouse, common-law partner, child, parent or guardian of a person against whom an offence is committed in New Brunswick.
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3A surcharge for the purpose of subsection 18(2) of the Act is as follows:
(a) an amount equal to twenty per cent of any fine or money penalty imposed where a person is convicted of an offence under any Act of the Legislature or any regulation under such Act;
(b) an amount equal to twenty per cent of any payment made under any Act of the Legislature or any regulation under such Act, on which payment the person is deemed to have been convicted of an offence; or
(c) an amount equal to twenty per cent of any fine or money penalty described in paragraphs 14(5)(a) and (b) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act where a person makes a payment in accordance with subsection 14(1) or (2) of that Act in respect of an offence charged in a ticket served on the person under that Act.
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4This Regulation comes into force on May 1, 1991.
N.B. This Regulation is consolidated to December 1, 2005.