Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SUPERANNUATION ACT 1976 No. 31, 1976 - SECT 154

PART XI-MISCELLANEOUS
154. (1) In this section-

''decision'' has the same meaning as in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal 
Act 1975 ;

''decision of the Commissioner'' means a decision of the Commissioner, or a
delegate of the Commissioner, under this Act or under the superseded Act.

(2) A person who is affected by a decision of the Commissioner and who is
dissatisfied with the decision may, by notice in writing given to the
Commissioner within a period of 30 days after the date on which the decision
first comes to the notice of the person, or within such further period as the
Commissioner allows, request the Commissioner to reconsider the decision.

(3) There shall be set out in the request the ground on which the request is
made.

(4) Upon receipt of the request, the Commissioner shall reconsider the
decision, and may either confirm the decision or vary the decision in such
manner as he thinks fit.

(5) The Commissioner shall, by notice in writing to the person who made the
request, inform the person of the result of his reconsideration of the
decision.

(6) Applications may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review
of decisions of the Commissioner (being decisions that have been confirmed or
varied under sub-section (4)) and, for the purposes of such a review, one of
the non-presidential members constituting the Tribunal shall be an
eligible employee or a pensioner.