Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Transport Accident Act 1986 - SECT 23

Commission may authorise persons or services

23. Commission may authorise persons or services



(1) The Commission may authorise-





   (a)  services to be disability services or rehabilitation services; or



   (aa) services to be approved services for the purposes of individual
        funding agreements; or

   (ab) a person to provide services for the purposes of section 60A; or



   (b)  persons to provide services for the purposes of section 60(2)(c),
        60(2)(ca), 60(2)(d) or 60(2A); or





   (c)  a person as a provider of vocational rehabilitation services.



(2) An authorisation must be given-

   (a)  before the services are to be provided; and

   (b)  in writing.





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(3) A person whose interests are affected by a decision of the Commission to
refuse to authorise a person or service may apply to the Tribunal for review
of the decision.

(4) An application for review must be made within 12 months after the later
of-

   (a)  the day on which the decision is made;

   (b)  if, under the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998,
        the person requests a statement of reasons for the decision, the day
        on which the statement of reasons is given to the person or the person
        is informed under section 46(5) of that Act that a statement of
        reasons will not be given.