22ASecretary may arrange for use of computer programs to make decisions

22A Secretary may arrange for use of computer programs to make decisions

(1) The Secretary may arrange for the use, under the Secretary’s control, of computer programs for the purposes of making a decision under section 16A (other than a decision under subsection 16A(5)). (2) The Secretary must take all reasonable steps to ensure the decisions made by the operation of a computer program under an arrangement made under subsection (1) are correct. (3) The Secretary is taken to have made a decision that was made by the operation of a computer program under an arrangement made under subsection (1). (4) The Secretary may make a decision in substitution for a decision the Secretary is taken to have made under subsection (3) if the Secretary is satisfied that the decision made by the operation of the computer program is incorrect.