Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS ABROAD ACT 1984 - SECT 27

             (1)  An application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of:

                     (a)  a decision of a registering officer to register, or refuse to register, a death under section 12;

                     (b)  a decision of a registering officer to register a death under section 13;

                     (c)  a refusal by the Registrar of an application made under subsection 19(1);

                     (d)  a decision of the Registrar to cause particulars to be entered in the Register under subsection 20(1);

                     (e)  a decision of the Registrar to cause particulars to be entered in a Certificate of a Death Abroad under subsection 21(1);

                      (f)  a decision of the Registrar to cancel the registration of a death under subsection 22(2); or

                     (g)  a refusal by the Registrar of an application made under subsection 20(3), 21(3) or 22(3).

             (2)  Where the Registrar, a delegate of the Registrar, or another registering officer makes a decision of a kind referred to in subsection (1) and gives to the person or persons whose interests are affected by the decision notice in writing of the making of the decision, that notice shall include a statement to the effect that, subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 , an application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision to which the notice relates by or on behalf of the person or persons whose interests are affected by the decision.

             (3)  Any failure to comply with the requirements of subsection (2) in relation to a decision shall not be taken to affect the validity of the decision.

             (4)  In this section, decision has the same meaning as it has in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 .