20Redress officer to consider certain matters

1. Before making a determination under section 19, the redress officer must give the serious violent or sexual offender the opportunity to—

2. put forward any information that may be relevant to the determination; and
3. make submissions.

4. The redress officer may request that the serious violent or sexual offender consent to the redress officer obtaining any other information a court, the Department of Corrections, or the Parole Board holds that the redress officer considers may be relevant to the redress officer’s determination.

5. The redress officer may draw any reasonable inference from a serious violent or sexual offender not giving consent to a request made under subsection (2).

6. In determining whether financial redress should be made available to a serious violent or sexual offender, the redress officer must consider—

7. the information contained in the criminal record check undertaken by the redress agency in respect of the person under section 15; and
8. the information collected under section 17(2) in respect of the person; and
9. the nature of the person’s offending; and
10. the term or terms of imprisonment imposed on that person at sentencing; and
11. the length of time since the relevant offending took place; and
12. the person’s age at the time of the relevant offending; and
13. any rehabilitation undertaken by the person; and
14. any information put forward by the person; and
15. any submissions made by the person; and
16. any other matter that the redress officer considers relevant.

17. After determining whether financial redress should be made available to a serious violent or sexual offender, the redress officer must notify the following of their determination:

18. the serious violent or sexual offender:
19. the redress agency.