Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 129

             (1)  Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a person affected by:

                     (a)  a decision of an officer under the social security law; or

                     (c)  a decision of an officer under the Farm Household Support Act 1992 ; or

                     (e)  a decision under section 44‑24 of the Aged Care Act 1997 by the Secretary or by a person to whom the Secretary has sub‑delegated power under section 96‑ 2(7) of that Act;

may apply to the Secretary for review of the decision.

             (3)  If:

                     (a)  an officer makes a decision under the social security law in relation to pension bonus; and

                     (b)  notice is given to the person concerned;

the person is not entitled to make an application under subsection (1) for review of the decision more than 13 weeks after the giving of the notice.

             (4)  A person may not apply under subsection (1) for review of:

                     (a)  a decision made by the Secretary himself or herself; or

                     (b)  a decision under subparagraph (2)(b)(i) regarding the information to be given to a person under that subparagraph; or

                     (c)  a decision made by the Employment Secretary:

                              (i)  under section 28 of the 1991 Act; or

                             (ii)  approving a course of study or a labour market program; or

                            (iii)  exempting a person from the application of a provision of the social security law; or

                     (d)  a decision made by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry or the Secretary to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under the Farm Household Support Act 1992 ; or

                     (e)  a decision made by the Health Secretary under or in relation to the social security law; or

                      (f)  a decision made by the CEO himself or herself in the exercise of a delegated power.

             (5)  A reference in this section to a decision of an officer under the social security law includes a reference to a determination that the Secretary is taken, by virtue of a provision of the social security law, to have made.