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30 Decisions for which application fee is not payable
No fee is prescribed in respect of: (a) an application for review of a decision mentioned in the following table; or (b) an application under section 123 of the Act to the President to refer a decision of the Tribunal to the guidance and appeals panel, if the Tribunal’s decision was made on review of a decision mentioned in the following table.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Decisions for which application fee is not payable</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Decision</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under paragraph</span><span> </span><span>29(1)(f) or section</span><span> </span><span>31</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under any of the following provisions of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Aged Care Act 1997 </span><span>that has been reconsidered under section</span><span> </span><span>85</span><span>‑</span><span>4 or 85</span><span>‑</span><span>5 of that Act:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) subsection</span><span> </span><span>22</span><span>‑</span><span>1(2);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) subsection</span><span> </span><span>22</span><span>‑</span><span>2(1);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) subsection</span><span> </span><span>22</span><span>‑</span><span>2(3);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) subsection</span><span> </span><span>22</span><span>‑</span><span>2(4);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) paragraph</span><span> </span><span>22</span><span>‑</span><span>5(2)(b);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(f) subsection</span><span> </span><span>22</span><span>‑</span><span>5(3);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(g) subsection</span><span> </span><span>23</span><span>‑</span><span>4(1)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2A</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A reconsideration decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Aged Care Act 2024</span><span> that relates to a decision under any of the following provisions of that Act:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) subsection</span><span> </span><span>57(1);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) subsection</span><span> </span><span>64(1);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) subsection</span><span> </span><span>65(1), (2) or (4);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) subsection</span><span> </span><span>71(2) or (6);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) subsection</span><span> </span><span>74(1);</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(f) subsection</span><span> </span><span>78(1)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the family assistance law within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999</span><span> for which application is made for ART review, within the meaning of that Act, or second review</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision referred to in section</span><span> </span><span>89 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 </span><span>where the application is for ART review, within the meaning of that Act, of the decision</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under a determination under section</span><span> </span><span>58B of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Defence Act 1903</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation reviewable under section</span><span> </span><span>107 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Defence Service Homes Act 1918</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under Part</span><span> </span><span>III of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Disability Services Act 1986</span><span> (as that Part</span><span> </span><span>continues to apply under item</span><span> </span><span>8 of Schedule</span><span> </span><span>3 to the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2023</span><span>)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision reviewable under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Freedom of Information Act 1982</span><span>, being a decision made in relation to a document that relates to a decision specified in items</span><span> </span><span>2 to 23</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under section</span><span> </span><span>27 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Lands Acquisition Act 1989</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004</span><span> (including a decision under the Motor Vehicle Compensation Scheme determined under section</span><span> </span><span>212 of that Act)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>12</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>13</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 </span><span>where the application is for ART review, within the meaning of that Act, of the decision</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>14</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>15</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>16</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence</span><span style="font-style:italic">‑</span><span style="font-style:italic">related Claims) Act 1988</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>17</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>18</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the social security law within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Social Security Act 1991 </span><span>(whether the application is for ART review, within the meaning of that Act, of the decision, or second review)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>19</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Student Assistance Act 1973</span><span> other than a decision under Division</span><span> </span><span>6 of Part</span><span> </span><span>4A of that Act (whether the application is for ART review, within the meaning of that Act, of the decision, or second review)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><a id="_Hlk170305175"><span>20</span></a></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Superannuation Act 1976</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>21</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision that is a reviewable objection decision under Part</span><span> </span><span>IVC of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Taxation Administration Act 1953</span><span> which relates to an application made by the applicant under section</span><span> </span><span>340</span><span>‑</span><span>5 of Schedule</span><span> </span><span>1 to that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>22</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>23</span></p></td><td style="width:91.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A decision under a legislative instrument under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>