SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 155 Variation of decision before review completed

Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Variation of decision before review completed

(1): If an officer varies a decision after an application has been made to the SSAT for review of the decision but before determination of the review, the application for review is to be treated as if it were an application for review of the decision as varied.
(2): If an officer sets a decision aside and substitutes a new decision after an application has been made to the SSAT for review of the original decision but before the determination of the review, the application for review is to be treated as if it were an application for review of the new decision.
(3): If:

(a): a person applies to the SSAT for review of a decision; and
(b): before determination of the review, an officer varies the decision or sets it aside and substitutes a new decision;

the person may either:

(c): proceed with the application for review of the decision as varied or the new decision, as the case may be; or
(d): withdraw the application under section 171.

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