Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023
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Offer of general payment or work-related payment | ||
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31. (1) Subject to this section, an applicant to whom an offer is made may, within 6 months of the date on which the notification concerned is sent to him or her, or such longer period as may be prescribed, and in accordance with this section, accept or reject the offer. | ||
(2) An applicant— | ||
(a) to whom an offer is made under section 26 (2)(b), who requests a review under section 27 of the determination concerned, or | ||
(b) to whom an offer is made under section 27 (7)(b)(ii) or 29 (8)(c)(ii), who appeals under section 29 or 30 , as the case may be, the decision or determination concerned, | ||
may accept, in accordance with this section, the offer concerned— | ||
(i) only where he or she withdraws, in accordance with section 40 (1), the review or appeal, and | ||
(ii) within 6 months of the date of such withdrawal. | ||
(3) For the purposes of this section, an applicant shall accept an offer by providing to the Chief Deciding Officer a statement in writing stating that the applicant— | ||
(a) accepts the offer, and | ||
(b) agrees to waive any right of action which the applicant may otherwise have had against a public body and to discontinue any other proceedings instituted by the applicant against such public body, that arise out of the circumstances to which his or her application related. | ||
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) and (2), an applicant shall reject an offer by communicating in writing such rejection to the Chief Deciding Officer. | ||
(5) An applicant who does not, within the period referred to in subsection (1) or (2)(b)(ii), as the case may be, communicate in accordance with this section his or her acceptance or rejection of the offer shall be deemed to have rejected the offer. | ||
(6) In this section and sections 32 and 33 , “offer” means an offer made under section 26 (2)(b), 27 (7)(b)(ii), or 29 (8)(c)(ii). |