Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00613:section:43
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00613
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 43
Character Range: 100917–102552

43  Effect of acceptance on civil liability
  If a person accepts an offer of redress in accordance with section 42, then, at the time the person gives the acceptance and by force of this section:
 (a) the person releases and forever discharges every released institution or official from civil liability for abuse of the person that is within the scope of the scheme; and
 (b) the person cannot (whether as an individual, a representative party or a member of a group) bring or continue civil proceedings against a released institution or official in relation to that abuse; and
 (c) the release and discharge of civil liability of a released institution or official for that abuse does not:
 (i) release or discharge another institution or person from civil liability for that abuse; and
 (ii) prevent the person (whether as an individual, a representative party or a member of a group) from bringing or continuing civil proceedings against another institution or person in relation to that abuse; and
 (d) if a released institution or official would, apart from this section, be liable to make a contribution to another institution or person in relation to damages payable to the person in civil proceedings brought or continued by the person (whether as an individual, a representative party or a member of a group) against the other institution or person in relation to that abuse, then:
 (i) the released institution or official is released and forever discharged from liability to make that contribution; and
 (ii) the amount of damages payable to the person in those proceedings is reduced by the amount of that contribution.