New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY SERVICES (COMPLAINTS, REVIEWS AND MONITORING) ACT 1993 - SECT 45

45 Reasons to be given for certain decisions

(1) If a decision of a class prescribed for the purposes of this subsection is made by a relevant decision maker, the person or body that made the decision must:

(a) record the reasons for the decision, and

(b) give a written copy of the reasons to each person considered by the decision-maker to have been directly affected by the decision.

(3) If a person or body makes a prescribed decision that is a reviewable decision under the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 , the requirements of subsection (1) are taken to be satisfied in relation to any person who is entitled to apply only if:

(a) notice is given to the person in accordance with section 48 (Notice of decision and review rights to be given by administrators) of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 , and

(b) a statement of reasons containing the matter specified by section 49 (3) of that Act is also given to the person.

(4) In this section:
"relevant decision maker" means the following:

(a) the Minister for Community Services,

(b) the Minister for Ageing,

(c) the Minister for Disability Services,

(d) the Director-General of the Department of Community Services,

(e) the Director-General of the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care,

(g) a service provider (other than an authorised carer within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 ).