Bill
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-06-21. Social Services portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Social Services
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-05-10
- second reading — 2018-05-10
- second reading — 2018-05-23
- second reading — 2018-05-24
- second reading — 2018-05-29
- second reading — 2018-05-29
- third reading — 2018-05-29
- introduced — 2018-06-18
- second reading — 2018-06-18
- second reading — 2018-06-18
- second reading — 2018-06-18
- committee — 2018-06-18
- committee — 2018-06-19
- third reading — 2018-06-19
- passed — 2018-06-19
- royal assent — 2018-06-21
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-05-10.
This bill is part of a package that creates a National Redress Scheme for adults who were sexually abused as children in institutional settings before 1 July 2018.
The bill makes changes to several Commonwealth laws so that redress payments do not reduce social security or veterans' payments, are protected from bankruptcy, and are exempt from judicial review and freedom of information disclosure.
The explanatory memorandum says the bill also amends the Age Discrimination Act 2004 to allow excluding children who will not turn 18 during the Scheme's life.
- Amends the Social Security Act 1991 and the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to prevent redress payments from counting as income.
- Amends the Bankruptcy Act 1966 to keep redress payments out of a bankrupt person's divisible property.
- Exempts Scheme decisions from judicial review under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977.
- Amends the Freedom of Information Act 1982 to protect 'protected information' from disclosure.
- Amends Schedule 1 of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 to allow excluding children who will not turn 18 during the Scheme.
Survivors of institutional child sexual abuse who apply for redress under the Scheme, and the institutions that participate.
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