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

The Act’s Purpose

3.The Act seeks to create a time limited scheme to provide financial redress to survivors of historical child abuse in care in Scotland, or, in some circumstances, their next of kin. The Act will establish a Non Departmental Public Body, ‘Redress Scotland’, to deliver independent decision-making on applications for financial redress. The administration of the scheme will be carried out by a division within the Scottish Government. The Act will also provide eligible survivors of abuse access to elements of non-financial redress including emotional and psychological support. The Act enables the Scottish Ministers to accept ‘fair and meaningful’ financial contributions to the scheme from third parties in exchange for the extension to those third parties of waivers, granted by the recipients of redress payments, of rights to continue or raise subsequent civil actions such as actions for damages.

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Text created by the Scottish Government to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Acts of the Scottish Parliament except those which result from Budget Bills.

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