Summary
Introduced with the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018, the bill amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
and
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to provide that payments made under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse are exempt from the income test;
Bankruptcy Act 1966
to ensure that payments made under the national redress scheme are quarantined from the divisible property of a bankrupt person;
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1997
to exempt decisions made under the national redress scheme from judicial review;
Freedom of Information Act 1982
to exempt protected information from disclosure under the Act;
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to enable the use and disclosure of protected information if it is done for the purposes of the national redress scheme; and
Age Discrimination Act 2004
to enable the exclusion of children applying to the national redress scheme if they will not turn 18 during the life of the scheme.