NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 1)
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- (a) for the provision of legal advice without charge to individuals seeking redress under the regulations;
- (b) for the provision in connection with an application for redress under the regulations of other services, including the services of medical experts.
- (2) The regulations must make such provision as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate in order to secure that individuals to whom an offer of redress under the regulations may be made have access to legal advice without charge in relation to—
- (a) any offer that is made,
- (b) any refusal to make such an offer; and
- (c) any settlement agreement.
- (3) Provision under subsection (1)(a) or (2) about who may provide the legal advice may operate by reference to whether a potential provider is included in a list prepared by a specified person or body.
- (4) If the regulations make provision for the services of medical experts, they must also provide for such experts to be instructed jointly by the body or person operating the redress arrangements under the regulations and the individual seeking redress.
8Assistance for individuals seeking redress
- (1) It is the duty of the Welsh Ministers to arrange, to such extent as they consider necessary to meet all reasonable requirements, for the provision of assistance (by way of representation or otherwise) to individuals seeking, or intending to seek, redress under the regulations.
- (2) The Welsh Ministers may make such other arrangements as they think fit for the provision of assistance (by way of representation or otherwise) to individuals in connection with cases which are the subject of an application for redress under the regulations.
- (3) The Welsh Ministers may make payments to any person or body in pursuance of arrangements under this section and section 7.
- (4) In making arrangements under this section, the Welsh Ministers must have regard to the principle that the provision of services under the arrangements in connection with a particular case should, as far as practicable, be independent of any person to whose conduct the case relates or who is involved in dealing with the application for redress.
9Functions with regard to redress arrangements
- (1) The regulations may make provision for any person or body within the health service in Wales to have such functions with regard to the operation of redress arrangements under this Measure as the Welsh Ministers think fit.
- (2) The regulations may, in particular, provide for such persons or bodies to have functions in relation to—
- (a) accessing redress;
- (b) payments under settlement agreements by way of redress;
- (c) the provision in connection with redress arrangements of advice or other guidance about specified matters;
