What the official record says
This Act is the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. This Act amends the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims Act 2005. The purpose of this Part is to amend subpart 1 of Part 2 of the principal Act to defer its expiry by 2 years, until the close of 30 June 2012. Section 16 is amended by omitting and substituting . The purpose of this Part is to amend subpart 2 of Part 2 of the principal Act to extend the victims' claims process in that subpart to compensation to be paid in respect of specified claims made on or after 1 July 2010 but before 1 July 2012. Section 17(1) is amended by repealing paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following paragraphs: in satisfac