SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 157 Procedure on receipt of application for review by SSAT

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SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 157

Procedure on receipt of application for review by SSAT

(1): If an application under section 142 is sent or delivered to an office of the Department or the Agency, the Secretary must send the application to the Executive Director as soon as practicable and, in any case, not later than 7 days after the application is received at the office of the Department or the Agency, as the case may be.
(2): If:

(a): an application under section 142 is sent or delivered to an office of the SSAT; or
(b): the Secretary sends such an application to the Executive Director in accordance with subsection (1);

the Executive Director must give the applicant and the Secretary written notice that the application has been received.

(3): Within 28 days after receiving notice of the making of an application from the Executive Director, the Secretary must send to the Executive Director:

(a): a statement about the decision under review that:

(i): sets out the findings of fact made by the person who made the decision; and
(ii): refers to the evidence on which those findings were based; and
(iii): gives the reasons for the decision; and

(b): the original or a copy of every document or part of a document that:

(i): is in the possession, or under the control, of the Secretary; and
(ii): relates to the applicant; and
(iii): is relevant to the review of the decision.

(4): If the Executive Director asks the Secretary to send the statement and documents referred to in subsection (3) by a day earlier than the day fixed by that subsection, the Secretary must take reasonable steps to comply with the Executive Director's request.
(5): If:

(a): after the end of the period referred to in subsection (3) but before the determination of the review, the Secretary obtains possession of a document; and
(b): the Secretary considers that the document or a part of the document is relevant to the review; and
(c): a copy of the document or the part of the document has not been sent to the Executive Director in accordance with subsection (3);

the Secretary must send a copy of the document or the part of the document to an office of the SSAT as soon as practicable after obtaining possession of the document.

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