Section 138 — Social Security (Administration) Act 1999: Notification of further rights of review

(1) If a person (the decision-maker) gives another person notice under section 136, the notice must include: (a) a statement to the effect that the other person may, subject to the social security law and the ART Act, apply to the ART for review of the decision-maker’s decision; and (b) a statement about the decision-maker’s decision that: (i) sets out the reasons for the decision; and (ii) sets out the findings by the decision-maker on material questions of fact; and (iii) refers to the evidence or other material on which those findings were based. (2) A contravention of subsection (1) in relation to notice of a decision does not affect the validity of the decision. (3) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply in relation to a decision that is not reviewable by the ART (see section 144).