Declining the offer of redress
45 Declining the offer of redress
Declining by taking positive action
A person may decline an offer of redress by giving the Operator, before the end of the acceptance period, a document that:
is in the approved form; and
states that the person declines the offer; and
acknowledges that the person understands the effect of declining the offer (including that the person will not be able to make another application for redress under the scheme); and
is signed by the person; and
complies with any requirements prescribed by the rules.
Declining by not accepting in the acceptance period
A person is taken to have declined an offer of redress if the person does not accept the offer in accordance with section 42 before the end of the acceptance period.
Subsection (2) does not apply if:
the person has applied for review under section 73 of the Operator’s determination on the person’s application for redress; and
the review has not been completed at the end of the acceptance period.
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