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The Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Form and Content of Waiver etc.) Regulations 2021

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3.  The Scottish Ministers must provide information, or set out details of where to find such information, to a person to whom an offer of a redress payment is being made under section 36 (determination of applications) or, as the case may be, section 57 (outcome of a review) of the Act, about—

(a)the relevant scheme contributors the waiver is to apply to,

(b)the options a person has in relation to accepting an offer of a redress payment, including the timescales for so doing, and the effect of signing and returning a waiver,

(c)the importance of obtaining independent legal advice before accepting an offer of a redress payment and signing and returning a waiver,

(d)the availability, under the redress scheme, of payment of fees for legal work in relation to the provision of advice as mentioned in paragraph (c).

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