Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011

A primary producer, small business owner or non-profit organisation (each a relevant entity) is not eligible for assistance under the scheme if the relevant entity—

is a non-government institution; and

is the subject of a disqualifying disclosure.

For subsection (1), a relevant entity is the subject of a disqualifying disclosure if the national redress scheme operator makes both of the following disclosures about the relevant entity on the scheme website—

a disclosure authorised under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth), section 95A(1);

a disclosure authorised under section 95A(2)(c), (e) or (g) of that Act.

This section applies despite sections 11, 12 and 13.

In this section—

national redress scheme means the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse established under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth), section 8.

national redress scheme operator means the National Redress Scheme Operator within the meaning of the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth), section 6.

non-government institution see the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth), section 114(2) and (3).

scheme website means the website maintained for the national redress scheme by the national redress scheme operator.

Editor’s note—

The scheme website is www.nationalredress.gov.au.

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