Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458:clause:5_126
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 126
Character Range: 767757–768682

126  Review of decisions by Secretary
 (1) The Secretary may review, subject to subsection (2), a decision of an officer under the social security law if the Secretary is satisfied that there is sufficient reason to review the decision.
 (2) The Secretary may review a decision:
 (a) whether or not any person has applied for review of the decision; and
 (b) even if an application has been made to the ART for review of the decision.
 (3) The Secretary may:
 (a) affirm a decision; or
 (b) vary a decision; or
 (c) set a decision aside and substitute a new decision.
 (4) If:
 (a) the Secretary sets a decision aside under subsection (3); and
 (b) the Secretary is satisfied that an event that did not occur would have occurred if the decision had not been made;
the Secretary may, if satisfied that it is reasonable to do so, determine that the event is taken to have occurred for the purposes of the social security law.