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Wed 11 Nov 2008Judge rules that age restrictions in redress Act are unconstitutional
PEOPLE WHO were abused in residential institutions up to the age of 21 will be entitled to seek redress, under a ruling from the High Court.
A High Court judge has ruled that the provision in the 2002 law restricting redress for abuse in residential institutions to children under 18 is unconstitutional and an "unjustifiable discrimination" on grounds of age as the abuse occurred when persons under 21 were regarded in law as children.
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