National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018

This section applies if, under paragraph 71M(4)(a), 71N(3)(c) or 71P(3)(c), an amount of redress payment for the reassessee is payable in accordance with this section.

The Operator must:

determine who should be paid the redress payment; and

pay the amount to that person or those persons as soon as practicable.

In determining who should be paid the redress payment, the Operator may consider the people who are entitled to the property of the reassessee under:

the reassessee’s will; and

the law relating to the disposition of the property of deceased persons.

The Operator may pay the redress payment without requiring:

production of probate of the will of the reassessee; or

letters of administration of the estate of the reassessee.

The rules may prescribe matters relating to the payment of redress payments under this section.