19BRedress payment for expunged charges

19B Redress payment for expunged charges

[Section 19B Inserted by No. 21 of 2025, s. 9, Applied:27 Nov 2025]

(1)  This Part applies in respect of an eligible recipient regardless of whether the eligible recipient’s charge or charges is or are expunged before or after the commencement of this Part.

(2)  The Secretary must make a redress payment under this Part to an eligible recipient –

(a) if the charge or charges is or are expunged before the commencement of this Part, as soon as reasonably possible after the commencement of this Part; or

(b) if the charge or charges is or are expunged on or after the commencement of this Part, as soon as reasonably possible after the charge or charges is or are so expunged.

(3)  Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of an eligible recipient if, at the time at which the application was made to have the eligible recipient’s charge or charges expunged, the eligible recipient was deceased.