19CAmount of redress payment

19C Amount of redress payment

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

(1)  In this section –

adjustment figure, in respect of a financial year, means the number calculated by dividing the CPI figure for Hobart for the immediately preceding December quarter by the CPI figure for Hobart for the December quarter one year earlier;

CPI figure for Hobart means the Consumer Price Index Number (All Groups) for Hobart published by the Australian Statistician under the authority of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 of the Commonwealth;

sanction means any punitive or coercive measure including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) a fine or penalty;

(b) community service;

(c) a probation order;

(d) a custodial or suspended sentence;

(e) mandatory counselling or treatment;

subsequent financial year means a financial year after the financial year ending on 30 June 2026.

(2)  The amount of redress payment to be paid under this Part to an eligible recipient is –

(a) if the eligible recipient was not convicted in respect of any expunged charge –

(i) if the charge is expunged before 30 June 2026 – $15,000; or

(ii) if the charge is expunged in a subsequent financial year – the amount calculated under subsection (3) for the subsequent financial year; or

(b) if the eligible recipient was convicted in respect of one or more expunged charges but was not subject to any court-imposed sanctions in respect of any such charge –

(i) if the charge is expunged before 30 June 2026 – $45,000; or