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SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1988
BOARDS PAY $6M INJURIES COMPENSATION
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THE CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION (CLEIC) TO VICTIMS OR THEIR BOARDS PAID OUT $6.02 MILLION IN COMPENSATION
IN THE PRECEDING DEPENDENTS IN 1986-87, COMPARED WITH $4.82 MILLION YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE BOARDS' LATEST ANNUAL REPORT.
THESE PAYMENTS WERE AWARDED TO 1,136 CRIMINAL INJURIES CASES
AND FOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES CASES.
THEY ALSO BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANTS AWARDED SINCE INCEPTION OF THE CLEIC SCHEME IN 1973 TO $32.87 MILLION.
THE
NOTED TANG, WERE RECEIVED
THE 7.600
THAT A THE IN REPORTED
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS, MR ROBERT C.
COMPENSATION TOTAL OF 1,117 APPLICATIONS FOR YEAR UNDER REVIEW, REPRESENTING 14.7 PER CENT OF CASES OF CRIMINAL INJURIES DURING THE PERIOD.
VICTIMS OF ASSAULT AND WOUNDING AS WELL AS ROBBERY, BURGLARY MADE UP THE MAJORITY ABOUT 92 PER CENT
-
THEFT
AND
OF THE APPLICANTS.
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS ARISING FROM
AS COMPARED WITH CASES OF ARSON WITH 25 APPLICATIONS,
SIX IN THE ASSAULT TOTALLED 18 AS PREVIOUS YEAR; AND CASES OF RAPE AND SEXUAL AGAINST NINE.
OTHER ON THE
HAND, APPLICATIONS
ΤΟ RELATED
ASSAULT AND CASES OF
WOUNDING DECREASED FROM 874 TO 700. APPLICATIONS RELATED TO HOMICIDE, MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER WENT DOWN FROM 46 TO 34.
OF
THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR, 706 WERE REFERRED BY THE POLICE, 394 SUBMITTED BY THE VICTIMS THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE REST REFERRED BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS.
DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW, THE HIGHEST SINGLE
A LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES $300,000 WAS AWARDED TO AN APPELLANT OF COMPENSATION CASE. THE LOWEST AWARD WAS $126.
PAYMENT OF
THE
BOARDS
TOOK
INTO
GRANTING THE IN
COMPENSATION, CONSIDERATION THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE VICTIM'S INJURY, RESIDUAL DISABILITY, LOSS OF EARNINGS, CONDUCT AND TANG SAID.
HIS SUFFERING,
WAY OF LIFE, MR
THE WORKING OF THE CLEIC PAYMENT PERIOD MAXIMUM TO VICTIMS OF SERIOUS
HE ADDED THAT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SCHEME, THE BOARDS HAD PROPOSED TO KXTEND THE OF INJURY GRANT AND INTERIM ADJUSTMENT GRANT INJURIES FROM THREE MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS.
/ANOTHER PROPOSAL