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Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill

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

18: Redress agency must refer certain applications to redress officer

You could also call this:

"The redress agency must send some applications to a special officer."

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If you are a serious violent or sexual offender and you ask a redress agency to send your application for financial redress to a redress officer, they must do this. You will want to know that the redress agency will send your application to the redress officer as soon as they can. The redress agency will also send the redress officer all the information they have about your criminal record check, which was done under section 15.

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

18Redress agency must refer certain applications to redress officer

  1. This section applies if a serious violent or sexual offender has requested that a redress agency refer the person’s application for financial redress to the redress officer to determine whether financial redress should be made available to that person.

  2. The redress agency must, as soon as is reasonably practicable,—

  3. refer the application for financial redress to the redress officer; and
    1. include with that referral all information held by the redress agency in relation to the criminal record check on the person under section 15.