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SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 171

Withdrawal of application for review
(1)
An applicant for review of a decision may withdraw the application at any time.

(2)
An applicant may withdraw an application by:

(a)
sending by any means, or delivering, written notice of withdrawal of the application to an office of the SSAT or an office of the Department; or

(b)
going to an office of the SSAT and orally withdrawing the application; or

(c)
contacting an office of the SSAT by telephone and orally withdrawing the application.

(3)
If a person withdraws an application in accordance with paragraph (2)(b) or (c), the person who receives the oral withdrawal must make a written record of the day on which the withdrawal was made.

(4)
If a person withdraws an application by sending or delivering written notice of withdrawal to an office of the Department, the Secretary must send notice of the withdrawal to the Executive Director as soon as practicable and, in any event, not later than 7 days after the notice of withdrawal is received at the office of the Department.



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