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.