Common use of Shared roles and responsibilities Clause in Contracts

Shared roles and responsibilities. The Commonwealth and states and territories which have had participating government institutions declared will: work collaboratively to deliver redress from participating institutions to eligible survivors share information and data, subject to this Agreement and privacy requirements, to promote a best practice and survivor-focused Scheme monitor the progress of the Scheme’s implementation and outcomes identify and seek to resolve issues in a timely manner where Scheme arrangements are having unintended impacts, and participate in the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board and the Redress Scheme Committee. Roles and responsibilities of the Commonwealth The Commonwealth will: Administer the Scheme in accordance with the National Redress Scheme Act and the principles and commitments laid out in the Service Charter recruit and appoint suitably skilled and experienced Independent Decision Makers with knowledge of administrative decision making frameworks, to assess and make determinations on Scheme applications deliver direct personal responses to its survivors in accordance with the Direct Personal Response Framework make child safe reports in accordance with the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework (CCSF) and the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 fulfil reporting obligations as set out in Part 4 – Implementation Arrangements fulfil agreed financial obligations in accordance with Part 6 – Financial Arrangements chair and provide secretariat support for the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board and its committees, and fund and conduct reviews of the Scheme in consultation with participating state and territory governments that have declared participating government institutions, in accordance with Scheme legislation Roles and responsibilities of state and territory governments Each participating state and territory government that intends to have participating government institutions declared will: if a state, maintain legislation to refer to the Commonwealth Parliament the text reference and the amendment reference, or adopt the relevant version of the National Redress Scheme Act once enacted and refer the amendment reference, in accordance with s 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution deliver direct personal responses to its survivors in accordance with the Direct Personal Response Framework fulfil reporting obligations as set out in Part 4 – Implementation Arrangements fulfil agreed financial obligations in accordance with Part 6 – Financial Arrangements elect one of the options set out in Part 7 – The Scheme, relating to the provision of counselling and psychological care (CPC) to survivors participate in the review of the Scheme, and participate in the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board. Each state that is a participating state but does not intend to declare participating government institutions will: maintain legislation to refer to the Commonwealth Parliament the text reference and the amendment reference, or adopt the relevant version of the National Redress Scheme Act once enacted and refer the amendment reference, in accordance with s 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution elect one of the options set out in Part 7 – The Scheme, relating to the provision of CPC to survivors, and participate in the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board. Operational procedures A Service Charter will inform the day-to-day operations of the Scheme to improve survivor experience. Materials will be provided to participating institutions to provide guidance on the day-to-day operations of the Scheme.

Shared roles and responsibilities. The Commonwealth and states and territories which have had participating government institutions declared will: work collaboratively to deliver redress from participating institutions to eligible survivors share information and data, subject to this Agreement and privacy requirements, to promote a best practice and survivor-focused Scheme monitor the progress of the Scheme’s implementation and outcomes identify and seek to resolve issues in a timely manner where Scheme arrangements are having unintended impacts, and participate in the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board and the Redress Scheme Committee. Roles and responsibilities of the Commonwealth The Commonwealth will: Administer the Scheme in accordance with introduce the National Redress Scheme Act Bill and support its passage through the principles and commitments laid out in the Service Charter recruit and Commonwealth Parliament appoint suitably skilled and experienced Independent Decision Makers with knowledge of administrative independent decision making frameworks, makers to assess and make determinations on Scheme applications administer the Scheme through the Commonwealth Department of Human Services deliver direct personal responses to its survivors in accordance with the Direct Personal Response Framework make child safe reports in accordance with the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework (CCSF) and the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 fulfil reporting obligations as set out in Part 4 – Implementation Arrangements fulfil agreed financial obligations in accordance with Part 6 – Financial Arrangements chair and provide secretariat support for the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board and its committeesthe Redress Scheme Committee, and fund and conduct reviews a review of the Scheme in consultation with participating state and territory governments that have declared participating government institutions, in accordance with Scheme legislation legislation. Roles and responsibilities of state and territory governments Each participating state and territory government that intends to have participating government institutions declared will: if a state, maintain introduce legislation to refer to the Commonwealth Parliament the text reference and the amendment reference, or adopt the relevant version of the National Redress Scheme Act once enacted and refer the amendment reference, in accordance with s 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution deliver direct personal responses to its survivors in accordance with the Direct Personal Response Framework fulfil reporting obligations as set out in Part 4 – Implementation Arrangements fulfil agreed financial obligations in accordance with Part 6 – Financial Arrangements elect one of the options set out in Part 7 – The Scheme, relating to the provision of counselling and psychological care (CPC) to survivors participate in the review of the Scheme, and participate in the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board. Each state that is a participating state but does not intend to declare participating government institutions will: maintain introduce legislation to refer to the Commonwealth Parliament the text reference and the amendment reference, or adopt the relevant version of the National Redress Scheme Act once enacted and refer the amendment reference, in accordance with s 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution elect one of the options set out in Part 7 – The Scheme, relating to the provision of CPC to survivors, and participate in the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board. Operational procedures A Service Charter will inform the day-to-day operations of the Scheme to improve survivor experience. Materials Participating Institutions Manual will be provided to participating institutions to provide guidance on guide the day-to-day operations of the Scheme. It will be drafted and managed in partnership with participating institutions and available on Scheme commencement.

Shared roles and responsibilities. The Commonwealth and states and territories which have had participating government institutions declared will: work collaboratively to deliver redress from participating institutions to eligible survivors share information and data, subject to this Agreement and privacy requirements, to promote a best practice and survivor-focused Scheme monitor the progress of the Scheme’s implementation and outcomes identify and seek to resolve issues in a timely manner where Scheme arrangements are having unintended impacts, and participate in the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board and the Redress Scheme Committee. Roles and responsibilities of the Commonwealth The Commonwealth will: Administer the Scheme in accordance with Introduce the National Redress Scheme Act for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018 (the National Redress Scheme Bill) and support its passage through the principles and commitments laid out in the Service Charter Commonwealth Parliament recruit and appoint suitably skilled and experienced Independent Decision Makers with knowledge of administrative decision making frameworks, to assess and make determinations on Scheme applications administer the Scheme deliver direct personal responses to its survivors in accordance with the Direct Personal Response Framework make child safe reports in accordance with the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework (CCSF) and the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 fulfil reporting obligations as set out in Part 4 – Implementation Arrangements fulfil agreed financial obligations in accordance with Part 6 – Financial Arrangements chair and provide secretariat support for the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board and its committeesthe Redress Scheme Committee, and fund and conduct reviews a review of the Scheme in consultation with participating state and territory governments that have declared participating government institutions, in accordance with Scheme legislation legislation. Roles and responsibilities of state and territory governments Each participating state and territory government that intends to have participating government institutions declared will: if a state, maintain introduce legislation to refer to the Commonwealth Parliament the text reference and the amendment reference, or adopt the relevant version of the National Redress Scheme Act once enacted and refer the amendment reference, in accordance with s 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution deliver direct personal responses to its survivors in accordance with the Direct Personal Response Framework fulfil reporting obligations as set out in Part 4 – Implementation Arrangements fulfil agreed financial obligations in accordance with Part 6 – Financial Arrangements elect one of the options set out in Part 7 – The Scheme, relating to the provision of counselling and psychological care (CPC) to survivors participate in the review of the Scheme, and participate in the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board. Each state that is a participating state but does not intend to declare participating government institutions will: maintain introduce legislation to refer to the Commonwealth Parliament the text reference and the amendment reference, or adopt the relevant version of the National Redress Scheme Act once enacted and refer the amendment reference, in accordance with s 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution elect one of the options set out in Part 7 – The Scheme, relating to the provision of CPC to survivors, and participate in the Ministers’ Redress Scheme Governance Board. Operational procedures A Service Charter will inform the day-to-day operations of the Scheme to improve survivor experience. Materials Participating Institutions Manual will be provided to participating institutions to provide guidance on guide the day-to-day operations of the Scheme. It will be drafted and managed in partnership with participating institutions and available on Scheme commencement.