The Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Reimbursement of Costs and Expenses) (Scotland) Regulations 2021
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2021/312 |
| Year | 2021 |
S C O T T I S H S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S
2021 No. 312
REDRESS SCHEME
The Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care)
(Reimbursement of Costs and Expenses) (Scotland) Regulations
2021
Made - - - - 13th September 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 15th September 2021
Coming into force - - 1st December 2021
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 91 of the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021(a)
and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in
Care) (Reimbursement of Costs and Expenses) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and come into force
on 1 December 2021.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Redress for S urvivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act
2021,
“application” means an application for a redress payment under Part 4 of the Act,
“reimbursement request” means a request made in accordance with regulation 2(1) or (4).
Reimbursement of costs incurred in connection with applications or proposed applications
2.—(1) The Scottish Ministers must, following a request in writing on a form provided by them
for that purpose, reimburse a person in respect of a relevant cost and expense reasonably incurred
by or in respect of an applicant in connection with an application (whether or not the application
was successful, and whether or not it was subsequently withdrawn), subject to any appropriate
limit specified in paragraph (3).
(2) In this regulation, “a relevant cost and expense” is a cost and expense incurred on or after
11 March 2021—
(a) in relation to—
(i) obtaining information or evidence in connection with the application, or
(ii) verifying such information or evidence for the purposes of the application.
(a) 2021 asp 15.
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