Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL REDRESS SCHEME FOR INSTITUTIONAL CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE ACT 2018 - SECT 78

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   a person is given an offer of redress under section   39; and

  (b)   the person applies for review of the original determination.

  (2)   If the person accepts or declines the offer in the acceptance period for the offer but before the review has been completed, then the application for review is taken to have been withdrawn immediately before the person accepted or declined the offer.

  (3)   If, on review, the original determination is varied or substituted, then the Operator must:

  (a)   withdraw the offer and notify the person in writing of that withdrawal; and

  (b)   if the determination as varied or substituted approves the application for redress--give the person a new written offer of redress in accordance with section   39.

  (4)   If:

  (a)   on review, the original determination is affirmed; and

  (b)   the determination as affirmed approves the application for redress; and

  (c)   the person has been given an offer of redress under section   39;

then the Operator must extend the acceptance period under subsection   40(2) for an additional 2 months.