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National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018

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Department of Social Services

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C2018A00045

21 June 2018 - 30 June 2018

Table of contents

Chapter 1—Introduction
- Part 1-1—Introduction
- Part 1-2—Definitions
  - Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
    - 5 Simplified outline of this Part
  - Division 2—The Dictionary
    - 6 The Dictionary
Chapter 2—The National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Chapter 3—Special rules to deal with exceptional cases
- Part 3-1—Special rules allowing entitlement to redress
- Part 3-2—Special rules excluding entitlement to redress
Chapter 4—Administrative matters
Chapter 5—Participating institutions, participating groups and participating jurisdictions
Chapter 6—Financial matters
Chapter 7—Other matters