What the official record says
This Act is the Redress System for Abuse in Care Act . This Act comes into force on the day after Royal assent. The purpose of this Act is to— establish the legal presumption that serious violent and sexual offenders are not eligible for financial redress under a redress scheme; and set out the process by which serious violent and sexual offenders can apply for eligibility for financial redress; and provide that— an apology given by or on behalf of a person to a survivor of abuse in care is not relevant to any determination of fault or liability in connection with that abuse in care; and evidence of such an apology is not admissible in any civil proceeding seeking remedies for abuse in care as evidence of the fault or liability of the person in connection with that abuse in care. The purpo