Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2020C00377:section:21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2020C00377
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 21
Character Range: 32952–33847

21  Certain circumstances in which offers and refusals cannot be given
 (1) The Secretary must not make an offer or give a refusal to a person whose application has been determined if there is an alternative amount for the person.
 (2) The Secretary must not make an offer or give a refusal to a person on or after 1 September 2018, except as a consequence of a review of a determination made before that day.
 (3) The Secretary must not make an offer or give a refusal to a person on or after 1 December 2018.
 (4) Subsections (2) and (3) prevent the Secretary from making an offer or giving a refusal on or after a date specified in those subsections even if, on the specified date, the Secretary is waiting for further information to be provided in accordance with a request under section 68 or a requirement under section 69.
 (5) This section has effect despite anything else in this Act.