48Notice of decision and review rights to be given by administrators

#### 48 Notice of decision and review rights to be given by administrators 48 Notice of decision and review rights to be given by administrators > > (1) An administrator who makes an administratively reviewable decision must take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to give any interested person notice, in writing, of the following: > > > > > (a) the decision, and > > > > > (b) the right of the person to have the decision reviewed. > > > (2) However, an administrator does not have to give a notice under subsection (1) in relation to: > > > > > (a) a decision that is taken by this or any other Act to be made because the administrator has failed to make a decision within the time limit for making the decision, or > > > > > (b) any of the following decisions, but only if the decision concerned does not adversely affect the interests of any interested person: > > > > > > > (i) a decision not to impose a liability, penalty or any kind of limitation on a person, > > > > > > > (ii) a decision making an adjustment to the level of periodic payments to be made to a person as a member of a class of persons where a similar adjustment is being made to the level of such payments to the other members of the class, > > > > > > > (iii) if legislation establishes several categories of entitlement to a monetary or other benefit—a decision that determines a person to be in the most favourable of those categories, or > > > > > (c) a decision made by an administrator following an internal review, or > > > > > (d) any other decision or class of decisions prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph. > > > (3) A contravention of this section does not affect the validity of any decision. > > **s 48:** Am 2013 No 94, Sch 2.2 \[14\] \[15\].