31Requirements for content of acceptance document for offer of redress

#### 31 Requirements for content of acceptance document for offer of redress (1) For the purposes of paragraph 42(2)(j) of the Act, this section sets out requirements about the content of an acceptance document for an offer of redress given to a person for abuse of the person. (2) The document must include, for each responsible institution that is responsible for any of the abuse: (a) the amount of the institution’s share of the costs of the redress payment; and (b) if a relevant prior payment has been paid to the person by, or on behalf of, the institution: (i) the amount of that payment; and (ii) a statement of the effect of the payment on the amount of the institution’s share of the costs of the redress payment. (3) The document must also include the person’s consent to each released institution or official identified in the document using and disclosing protected information about the person, that is included in the document, for the purpose of the institution or official obtaining the benefit of section 43 of the Act, including by: (a) confirming or communicating that the institution or official is not liable to pay, or to make a contribution to, damages relating to abuse of the person that is within the scope of the scheme; and (b) determining whether the person is bringing or continuing civil proceedings against the institution or official that, under section 43 of the Act, the person cannot bring or continue. > Note 1: An official may be identified by reference to an institution. > Note 2: Section 43 of the Act discharges a released institution or official from civil liability for abuse of the person within the scope of the scheme and from liability to make a contribution to damages payable in civil proceedings against another institution or person for such abuse. That section also provides that the person cannot (whether as an individual, a representative party or a member of a group) bring or continue civil proceedings against a released institution or official in relation to such abuse. > Note 3: Institutions that are listed for a participating jurisdiction under sections 164, 164A, 164B or 164C of the Act are not released from civil liability under section 43 of the Act. > Note 4: Per subsection 71H(2) of the Act, section 31 of the Rules also applies to acceptance documents made for a new offer of redress based on a reassessment decision.