VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 79T Request for review

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 79T

  (1)   A pensioner who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Commission in relation to an advance payment of an amount of pension may request the Commission to review the decision.

  (2)   The request must:

  (a)   be made within 3 months after the person seeking the review was notified of the decision; and

  (b)   be in writing; and

  (c)   set out the grounds on which the request is made; and

  (d)   be lodged at an office of the Department in Australia in accordance with section   5T.

  (2A)   A request lodged in accordance with section   5T is taken to have been made on a day determined under that section.

  (3)   If a request for review is made in accordance with subsection   (2), the Commission must review the decision.

  (4)   If the Commission has delegated its power under this section to the person who made the decision under review, that person must not review the decision.