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Social Security Act 2018

Reviews and appeals - Reviews by benefits review committee - Procedure

394: How to begin, and procedure and powers for, review by benefits review committee

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“How to start and carry out a review of your benefit decision”

You can find rules about how to start a review by a benefits review committee in the regulations made under section 451. These rules explain how to begin a review and what happens during it. They also say what the committee can do with the decision they are reviewing. For example, the committee might agree with the decision, change it, cancel it, or ask someone else to look at it again. The regulations also cover other related things that are important for the review process.

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Part 7 Reviews and appeals
Reviews by benefits review committee: Procedure

394How to begin, and procedure and powers for, review by benefits review committee

  1. Regulations made under section 451 provide for the following matters:

  2. how to begin, and the procedure on, a review:
    1. the benefits review committee’s power to deal with (for example, confirm, vary, revoke, or refer back for reconsideration) the decision reviewed:
      1. related matters specified in that section.

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