Bill
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (Funders of Last Resort and Other Measures) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-12-02. Social Services portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Social Services
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-10-27
- second reading — 2021-10-27
- second reading — 2021-11-23
- second reading — 2021-11-23
- third reading — 2021-11-23
- introduced — 2021-11-24
- second reading — 2021-11-24
- second reading — 2021-11-25
- second reading — 2021-11-25
- third reading — 2021-11-25
- passed — 2021-11-25
- royal assent — 2021-12-02
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-10-27.
The bill would expand who can be covered by funder of last resort arrangements in the National Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.
It would let states and territories agree to take financial responsibility for institutions that cannot fully join the Scheme, and allow some institutions to partly participate.
The bill also gives the Scheme Operator new powers to disclose information about non-participating institutions named in applications, but not the identity of survivors.
- Extends funder of last resort arrangements to non-defunct institutions that cannot join the Scheme and to defunct institutions where no jurisdiction or parent body is responsible.
- Introduces partial participation for institutions unable to meet full Scheme obligations, with financial viability checks every 12 months.
- Allows the Scheme Operator to disclose protected information about non-participating institutions after giving them a reasonable time to join.
- Enables jurisdictions to become funder of last resort for institutions that cannot or will not partly participate, with potential loss of tax benefits and grant access.
- Requires the Commonwealth to share costs with the funding jurisdiction that acts as funder of last resort.
- Lets the Minister declare an institution as listed for a participating jurisdiction when a state or territory agrees.
Survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, non-participating institutions, partly-participating institutions, states and territories, and the Commonwealth.
Sources
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