PART 4

Financial redress: redress payments
CHAPTER 3

Applications affected by convictions for serious offences

Outcome of a section 62 review
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1
On a review under section 62, the review panel appointed under section 55 to conduct it—
a
must consider—
i
whether the panel which determined, under section 60, that the relevant person is precluded from being offered a redress payment, or, as the case may be, would not otherwise have been eligible for a redress payment, ought to have reached a different determination, and
ii
in a case where additional evidence is provided to or obtained by the review panel, whether the application ought to be determined differently as a result,
b
may uphold or reverse the determination.
2
Once the review panel has conducted the review, Redress Scotland must inform the Scottish Ministers who must, as soon as reasonably practicable—
a
notify the relevant person of the review panel’s determination,
b
provide the person with a summary, provided by Redress Scotland, of the review panel’s reasons for reaching that determination.
3
Where the review panel reverses a determination that the relevant person is precluded from being offered a redress payment, the Scottish Ministers must refer the application or, as the case may be, the request for a review under section 54 to the panel which made the determination under section 60(4), to determine it.
4
The determination of the review panel under this section is final.