Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIf 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.