Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025
Utilisation of moneys paid to Minister | ||
17. (1) Any moneys vested in the Minister under section 11 (1) or paid to the Minister under section 16 (1) shall be utilised by the Minister for any of the purposes referred to in subsection (2)(a). | ||
(2) The Minister shall, as soon as is practicable after the commencement of this section, determine, and publish on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Minister and in such other manner (if any) as he or she considers appropriate— | ||
(a) the purposes, being purposes benefitting former residents, for which he or she shall utilise the moneys referred to in subsection (1), and | ||
(b) the criteria by reference to which he or she shall make decisions under this subsection as to the utilisation of the moneys referred to in subsection (1) for any of the purposes referred to in paragraph (a). | ||
(3) The Minister shall make decisions referred to in subsection (2)(b) by reference to the criteria determined under that subsection. |