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

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

2021 asp 15

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Part 4: Financial redress: redress payments

Chapter 1: Determination of applications for redress payments.
Determination of applications
Section 34: Prioritisation of applications

96.This section states that the chairing member of Redress Scotland must decide an order of priority for processing all applications, paying particular attention to the age and health of the applicant (to the extent that this is disclosed either in the application or otherwise). For example, the processing of applications from applicants who are terminally ill could be prioritised.

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