Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEARING SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 No. 81 of 1997 - SECT 30

(1) If the Minister makes a decision of a kind referred to in section 29 and
gives written notice of the decision to a person whose interests are affected
by the decision, the notice must include:

   (a)  a statement to the effect that a person affected by the decision may,
        if he or she is dissatisfied with the decision, seek a reconsideration
        of the decision by the Minister under subsection  31(1) ; and

   (b)  a statement to the effect that, if a person who has applied for a
        reconsideration is dissatisfied with the Minister's decision on the
        reconsideration:

        (i)    subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975,
               application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
               for review of the decision on that reconsideration; and

        (ii)   the person may request a statement under section 28 of that Act
               in relation to the decision on that reconsideration.

(2) Failure to comply with this section does not affect the validity of a
decision.