Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the Inspector - General:
(a) reviews a decision; or
(b) refuses a request by a bankrupt for a review of a decision;
the Inspector - General must give written notice to the bankrupt, to the trustee and to the Official Receiver, of the Inspector - General's decision on the review or on the request, as the case may be.
(2) The notice must:
(a) set out the decision; and
(b) refer to the evidence or other material on which the decision was based; and
(c) give the reasons for the decision.
(3) In the case of a decision reviewing the decision to file a notice of objection, the notice must also include a statement to the effect that, if the bankrupt, or the trustee, is dissatisfied with the Inspector - General's decision, application may, subject to the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 , be made to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of the decision.
(4) In the case of a decision refusing a request to review the decision to file a notice of objection, the notice to the bankrupt must also include a statement to the effect that, if the bankrupt is dissatisfied with the Inspector - General's decision, application may, subject to the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 , be made to the Administrative Review Tribunal for a review of the decision.
(5) A contravention of subsection (3) or (4) in relation to a decision does not affect the validity of the decision.
(6) If, within 60 days after lodgment of a request by a bankrupt for the review of the trustee's decision to file a notice of objection, the Inspector - General has not given written notice to the bankrupt of his or her decision in accordance with subsection (1), the Inspector - General is taken to have reviewed the decision and confirmed it under subsection 149N(3).