Social Security Appeals Tribunal

Not to be confused with Social Security Appeal Tribunal.
Social Security Appeals Tribunal
Agency overview
Formed1975 (1975)
Dissolved1 July 2015
JurisdictionAustralia

The Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) was an Australian quasi-judicial tribunal established in 1975 and made a division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in July 2015.[1]

The SSAT was established on 10 February 1975 to review decisions made under the Social Services Act 1947.[2] Its predecessor were various state-based bodies.[3] Initially the SSAT was limited to making recommendations without any legal effect about decisions under the Social Services Act. [4] In 1988, its decisions were made legally enforceable when changes to the Social Services Act established it as a statutory authority.[5]

The kind of decisions it could review was increased in 2007 to include decisions made by the then Child Support Agency.[6]

References

  1. ^ "The Amalgamated AAT – 1 July 2015 - What is changing and what is staying the same" (PDF). Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Government of Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Administrative Review Council - Report number 8 - 1981 - Social Security Appeals" (PDF). Administrative Review Council. Government of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ Julian Gardner (1995). "Julian Gardner - The Social Security Appeals Tribunal: 20 years of evolution" (PDF). Alternative Law Journal. 20 (5). Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Social Security Appeals Tribunal annual report 2014/15" (PDF). Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Government of Australia. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. ^ Dennis Pearce (2015). Administrative Appeals Tribunal (4thition ed.). LexisNexis Butterworths. p. 3. ISBN 9780409342932. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Fact sheet Seven: Appealing child support decisions to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT)". Department of Human Services (Australia). Government of Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2019.