Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this section:
"decision" has the same meaning as that expression has in the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 .
"decision of the Committee" means a decision of the Committee under this Act in connection with a claim.
(2) The Committee shall, by notice in writing given to a claimant affected by a decision of the Committee, inform the claimant of the decision of the Committee.
(3) A claimant who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Committee may, by notice in writing given to the Committee within a period of 28 days after the day on which the decision first comes to the notice of the claimant, or within such further period as the Committee allows, request the Committee to reconsider the decision.
(4) There shall be set out in a request under subsection (3) the ground on which the request is made.
(5) Upon receipt of a request under subsection (3), the Committee shall reconsider its decision and may:
(a) confirm the decision;
(b) vary the decision; or
(c) set the decision aside and make a new decision in substitution for the decision so set aside.
(6) Where, pursuant to a request under subsection (3), the Committee reconsiders a decision under subsection (5), the Committee shall, by notice in writing given to the claimant who made the request, inform the claimant of the result of the reconsideration.
(7) Where:
(a) a person has made a request under subsection (3) for the reconsideration of a decision; and
(b) at the expiration of the period of 90 days after the day on which the request was made, the person has not received notice of the result of the reconsideration of the decision;
the Committee shall thereupon be deemed to have confirmed the decision under subsection (5).
(8) An application may be made to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of:
(a) a decision that has been confirmed, or is deemed to have been confirmed;
(b) a decision as varied; or
(c) a decision made in substitution for a decision set aside;
under subsection (5).