Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021

58 Period for which offer valid following a review

(1) An applicant to whom an offer of a redress payment is made on a review (whether by upholding, reversing or varying the determination of the panel appointed under section 35) may bring the application to an end by accepting the offer in accordance with section 50(1).

(2) If the offer is not so accepted within the period for which the offer is valid, the application is to be treated as having been brought to an end by the offer being rejected unless it is continued by virtue of section 66(1).

(3) The period for which the offer is valid is—

(a) the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the offer was received by the applicant, or

(b) where the review panel appointed under section 55 to conduct the review is satisfied that there is a good reason why the applicant needs, or may need, longer to consider whether or not to accept the offer, such longer period as the review panel determines.

(4) Where an application is treated as having been brought to an end by virtue of subsection (2), the review panel previously appointed under section 55 to conduct the review in relation to it, or such other panel as the chairing member of Redress Scotland determines, may revive the application if it considers that there are exceptional circumstances which merit it.

(5) Where an application is revived by virtue of subsection (4)—

(a) the offer of a redress payment previously made on a review of the application is also revived, and

(b) the period for which the revived offer is valid is such period as the panel determines.