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making an oral application.
"(2) Where a person makes an oral application under paragraph (1) (b) or (c), the person receiving the oral application shall make a written record of the details of the oral application and note on the record the date on which the application is made.
"(3) Where a written record of an oral application is made under subsection (2), the written record shall be taken to be a written application by the applicant and to be delivered to an office of the Tribunal on the day on which the oral application is made.
"(4) An application may include a statement of the reasons for seeking a review of the decision.

What happens if the decision under review is varied while the application for review is still being heard?
"180. (1) Where an officer varies a decision after an application has been made to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision but before determination of the review, the application for review shall be treated as if it were an application for review of the decision as varied.
"(2) Where an officer sets a decision aside and substitutes a new decision after an application has been made to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision set aside but before determination of the review, the application for review shall be treated as if it were an application for review of the new decision.
"(3) Where:
     (a) a person applies to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision; and
     (b) before determination of the review, an officer varies the decision or sets the decision aside and substitutes a new decision;
the person may either:
     (c) proceed with the application for review of the decision as varied or the new decision; or
     (d) withdraw the application under section 197.

Who are the parties to a review of a decision?
"181. (1) The parties to a review by the Social Security Appeals Tribunal of a decision are:
     (a) the applicant;
     (b) the Secretary; and
     (c) any other person who has been made a party to the review under subsection (4).
"(2) Where a person has applied under subsection 177 (1) for review of a decision, any other person whose interests are affected by the decision may apply to the National Convener to be made a party to the review.
"(3) An application under subsection (2) must be in writing.
"(4) The National Convener may order that a person who has applied under subsection (2) be made a party to the review.

The Social Security Appeals Tribunal's powers on review
"182. (1) Where a person applies to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal for review