Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00613:section:148
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00613
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 148
Character Range: 274902–277038

148  Simplified outline of this Part

      The Commonwealth is liable to bear the initial costs of paying redress payments and the counselling and psychological component of redress under the scheme, as well as the administration of the scheme. However, participating institutions are liable to pay funding contribution to reimburse the Commonwealth for their share of those costs.
      Funding contribution is worked out on a quarterly basis and consists of 2 elements:
             (a) the redress element (which covers the total amount of the institution's share of the costs of redress payments and the counselling and psychological component of redress in the quarter); and
             (b) the scheme administration element (which covers the total amount of the institution's contribution to the costs of the administration of the scheme in the quarter).
      The Operator determines the amount of funding contribution that a participating institution is required to pay for the quarter, and notifies the institution of the amount and the due date for payment.
      The Commonwealth is liable to pay counselling and psychological services contribution to a participating jurisdiction that is a declared provider of counselling and psychological services under the scheme. The Commonwealth must pay the contribution to the jurisdiction for a quarter if the jurisdiction became liable in that quarter to provide for the delivery of counselling and psychological services to a person.
      One or more participating government institutions or participating jurisdictions may be a funder of last resort for a non‑government institution that is not fully participating in the scheme. In that case, those government institutions or jurisdictions will be liable to pay the non‑government institution's (hypothetical) share of the costs of providing redress to the person, which will increase the amount of funding contribution the government institutions or jurisdictions will be liable to pay. (For the funder of last resort provisions, see Part 6‑2.)

Division 2—Liability of participating institutions for funding contribution