Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Commission must, as soon as practicable after it makes a reviewable determination, give the claimant a written notice setting out:
(a) the terms of the reviewable determination; and
(b) the reasons for the reviewable determination.
(2) The notice must include a statement to the effect that, subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 , an application may be made to the Tribunal under Part 5 for review of the reviewable determination.
(3) The Commission must also give a copy of the notice to the Chief of the Defence Force if the reviewable determination relates to liability for a service injury, disease or death, or the permanent impairment, of a person who was a member of the Defence Force:
(a) for a service injury or disease or permanent impairment--at the time when the reviewable determination was made; or
(b) for a service death--at the time of death.
(4) A failure to comply with this section does not affect the validity of the determination.