Social Security Appeals Tribunal - Further Rights of Appeal

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Further Rights of Appeal

Further rights of appeal in child support cases
Further rights of appeal in Centrelink cases

Further rights of appeal in child support cases

Applicants and other parties who are not satisfied with an SSAT decision regarding their child support appeal can appeal to a court but only on a question of law.

The Child Support Agency also has further appeal rights and can appeal to a court on a question of law.

There are two exceptions to this further appeal process:
§ if the SSAT refuses to grant an extension of time to appeal the applicant can lodge an appeal directly with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT);
§ if the SSAT makes a care decision for a period after 1 July 2008 a party can lodge an appeal directly with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

An appeal to the AAT must be made within 28 days of receiving notice of the SSAT decision.

The AAT has a national telephone number (1300 366 700). There are offices in each capital city, except Darwin. The attached document provides further information about appealing to the AAT in extension of time cases.

Further rights of appeal in Centrelink cases

Applicants who are not satisfied with an SSAT decision regarding their Centrelink appeal have the right to take the matter further and lodge an appeal with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).

This must be done within 28 days of the SSAT decision, which is sent to the applicant's last known postal address.

Centrelink also has further appeal rights. This means that if an applicant's appeal to the SSAT is successful, Centrelink also has 28 days in which to decide whether or not to appeal the decision to the AAT.

The AAT has a national telephone number (1300 366 700). There are offices in each capital city, except Darwin.

The attached documents list AAT details by state/Territory.

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