Social Security Act 1991

This section applies if a person claims a disability support pension and:

the Secretary decides under section 1167 that the pension is not to be granted or is not payable; or

the Secretary decides under section 1169 that the pension is not payable; or

the Secretary decides that, if the person were qualified for the pension, the rate of the pension would be reduced to nil under section 1173.

If:

an application referred to in section 142 of the Administration Act is made for ART review of that decision; and

at the time of the application, the Secretary has not taken the necessary steps to satisfy himself or herself whether the person is qualified for the disability support pension; and

the person who claimed the disability support pension requests the Secretary, in writing, to take those steps;