Information about Budget 2024 initiatives is below.
Increased financial grants for victims of serious crime
$8.000m over four years
This initiative provides a total of $8.000 million operating funding across the forecast period to increase financial grants to victims of serious crimes to cover unexpected costs of the crime or to support the victim to participate in the justice process.
Responding to gang harm
$8.928m over four years
This initiative provides funding for Courts to implement the Government’s crackdown on gangs, which includes the banning of gang insignia in public places, greater powers to stop gangs associating and giving greater weight to gang membership at sentencing. Funding will provide for additional frontline support.
Tougher approaches to sentencing
$5.695m over four years
This initiative provides funding for Courts to implement the Government’s tougher approach to sentencing, including the reintroduction of the three strikes regime. Funding will provide for additional frontline support and case management systems changes.
Court and tribunal fees
This savings initiative partially replaces Crown funding provided to operate selected Court services. The changes adjust most court and tribunal fees for inflation, making them consistent with the real cost increases of the relevant fee at the time it was last set.
The fee increases will take effect from 1 July 2024.
The relevant pages will be updated on the Ministry of Justice website from 31 May.
Court fines and legal aid debt collection changes
This revenue initiative generates revenue by increasing fees and related costs for filing, enforcement and collection of fines by the Courts and will increase debt recovered from legally aided persons through operational changes to collection activities.
For full details of all Budget 2024 initiatives, including savings, go here(external link)