(1) Where any person is convicted of an offence against section 3 of this Act, the Attorney-General shall consider whether it would be appropriate in all the circumstances for the Crown to pay compensation to the person against whom the offence was committed or (if that person dies as a result of the offence) to that person's family.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall limit or affect any right to compensation that any such person may have under any other enactment.