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Difference between revisions of "Crime Victim Assistance Program (4:III)"
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"Witness" is a person who, although not necessarily related to a victim, has a strong emotional attachment to the victim and who: | "Witness" is a person who, although not necessarily related to a victim, has a strong emotional attachment to the victim and who: | ||
#is a witness in close proximity to: | |||
**a prescribed offence that causes a life-threatening injury to, or the death of, the victim; or | **a prescribed offence that causes a life-threatening injury to, or the death of, the victim; or | ||
**the immediate aftermath of a prescribed offence that causes the death of the victim, in circumstances that are sufficient to alarm, shock, and frighten a reasonable person with that emotional attachment to the victim, and | **the immediate aftermath of a prescribed offence that causes the death of the victim, in circumstances that are sufficient to alarm, shock, and frighten a reasonable person with that emotional attachment to the victim, and | ||
#suffers psychological harm that: | |||
**is diagnosed by a registered psychologist or a medical or nurse practitioner as a recognized psychological or psychiatric condition; and | **is diagnosed by a registered psychologist or a medical or nurse practitioner as a recognized psychological or psychiatric condition; and | ||
**in the opinion of the person who makes the diagnosis, is the result of the circumstances in subparagraph 1. | **in the opinion of the person who makes the diagnosis, is the result of the circumstances in subparagraph 1. | ||
