Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L00351:reg:18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L00351
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18
Character Range: 22800–24289

18  Reconsideration of decisions
 (1) If an approved accreditor makes a decision under this instrument in relation to a diagnostic imaging practice (initial decision), the proprietor may apply to the approved accreditor who made the initial decision for reconsideration of the initial decision.
 (2) The application must be made in writing:
 (a) within 28 days after the date of the initial decision; or
 (b) if the approved accreditor is satisfied that special circumstances exist, within such further period (if any) as the approved accreditor, either before or after the expiration of that period, allows.
 (3) The proprietor must set out the reasons for the application and, in doing so, may provide new material for the approved accreditor to consider.
 (4) An approved accreditor:
 (a) must, within 28 days after receipt of an application made in accordance with subsection (1); and
 (b) may, on its own motion, whether or not the proprietor has applied for reconsideration,
reconsider the initial decision and make a new decision (reconsideration decision):
 (c) affirming the initial decision;
 (d) varying the initial decision; or
 (e) setting aside the initial decision and making a decision in substitution for it.
 (5) The approved accreditor must give a proprietor notice in writing of a reconsideration decision setting out:
 (a) the decision;
 (b) the reasons for the decision;
 (c) a statement of the proprietor's reconsideration rights under section 23DZZIAD of the Act.