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]
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1975 |
| Dissolved | 1 July 2015 |
| Jurisdiction | Australia |
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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Administrative Review Council - Report number 8 - 1981 - Social Security Appeals" (PDF). Administrative Review Council. Government of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Julian Gardner (1995). "Julian Gardner - The Social Security Appeals Tribunal: 20 years of evolution" (PDF). Alternative Law Journal. 20 (5). Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Social Security Appeals Tribunal annual report 2014/15" (PDF). Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Government of Australia. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ Dennis Pearce (2015). Administrative Appeals Tribunal (4thition ed.). LexisNexis Butterworths. p. 3. ISBN 9780409342932. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "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.