Social Security Appeals Tribunal should not be confused with Social Security Appeal Tribunal.
| Social Security Appeals Tribunal | |
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| Dissolved: | 1 July 2015 |
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| Jurisdiction: | Australia |
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]