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Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill

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

21: Serious violent or sexual offender may reapply for financial redress

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"Some offenders can reapply for financial help after 3 years."

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If you are a serious violent or sexual offender, you might not get financial redress. You can reapply for it 3 years after the decision was made. The decision was made under section 19. If the redress scheme is being wound up, the Minister will give public notice. You will be told that the scheme is being wound up and when it will close. You can reapply for financial redress before the scheme closes. You can only reapply once, either after 3 years or before the scheme closes. This is according to subsection 2 or 3.

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

21Serious violent or sexual offender may reapply for financial redress

  1. This section applies if the redress officer determines under section 19 that financial redress should not be made available to a serious violent or sexual offender.

  2. The serious violent or sexual offender may reapply for financial redress under a redress scheme 3 years after the date of the determination.

  3. However, if a redress scheme is being wound up,—

  4. the Minister responsible for the relevant redress scheme must give public notice of the following:
    1. that the redress scheme is being wound up:
      1. the date on which the redress scheme will be closed for applications; and
      2. the redress agency must notify each serious violent or sexual offender in respect of whom the redress officer has made a determination that financial redress should not be made available of the following:
        1. that the redress scheme is being wound up:
          1. the date on which the redress scheme will be closed for applications:
            1. that the serious violent or sexual offender may reapply for financial redress at any time before the date on which the redress scheme is closed for applications; and
            2. the serious violent or sexual offender may reapply for financial redress at any time before the date on which the redress scheme is closed for applications.

              1. A serious violent or sexual offender may exercise only once the right in subsection (2) or (3) to reapply for financial redress.