Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

The Secretary may review, subject to subsection (2), a decision of an officer under the social security law if the Secretary is satisfied that there is sufficient reason to review the decision.

The Secretary may review a decision:

whether or not any person has applied for review of the decision; and

even if an application has been made to the ART for review of the decision.

The Secretary may:

affirm a decision; or

vary a decision; or

set a decision aside and substitute a new decision.

If:

the Secretary sets a decision aside under subsection (3); and

the Secretary is satisfied that an event that did not occur would have occurred if the decision had not been made;