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Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill

Redress system for abuse in care - Process for applying for financial redress

13: Application for financial redress

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"How to apply for money because you were hurt in care"

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If you want to apply for financial redress, you must do two things. You have to agree to a criminal record check by the redress agency. You also have to fill out a form saying if you have been convicted of a serious crime. You will use a form that the chief executive of the redress agency approves. On this form, you must say if you were sentenced to prison for five years or more for a violent, sexual, or firearms offence. This is part of the process to apply for financial redress under a redress scheme.

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Part 2Redress system for abuse in care
Process for applying for financial redress

13Application for financial redress

  1. An applicant for financial redress under a redress scheme must—

  2. consent to a criminal record check being undertaken by the redress agency in relation to the applicant; and
    1. make a declaration, on a form approved by the chief executive of the redress agency, as to whether they have been convicted of a violent, sexual, or firearms offence in relation to which they were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 5 years or more (whether or not that sentence was also imposed in relation to any other offence).