SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 257 Transitional regulations
SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 257
Transitional regulations(1) The Governor - General may make regulations prescribing matters in relation to any transitional matters (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) arising out of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), and in spite of any other provision of this or any other Act, regulations made by virtue of subsection (1) may:
(a) modify the effect of a provision of this Part (other than this section); or
(b) substitute another provision for any provision of this Part (other than this section); or
(c) add a provision to this Part (other than this section).
If a person is dissatisfied with a decision of an officer under the social security law, the person may apply to the AAT for a review (an "AAT first review") of the decision.
If a person is dissatisfied with a decision of the AAT on AAT first review, the person may apply to the AAT for further review (an "AAT second review").
The rules relating to AAT review of decisions are mainly in the AAT Act, but the operation of that Act is modified in some ways by this Part for the purposes of those reviews.
The AAT Act allows a person to appeal to a court from a decision of the AAT on
AAT second review.