sec.86CInternal review decision

### sec.86C Internal review decision If an internal review application is made under section 86B , the internal reviewer must, as soon as practicable but within the required period, make a new decision (the internal review decision ) as if the reviewable decision the subject of the application had not been made. For subsection (1) , the required period is— 28 business days after the internal review application is made; or a longer period agreed to by the applicant. However, if the internal reviewer does not decide the application within the required period, the internal reviewer is taken to have made an internal review decision at the end of the required period that is the same as the reviewable decision. If the internal reviewer is the commission, the application must not be dealt with by— the person who made the reviewable decision; or a person in a less senior office than the person who made the reviewable decision. Subsection (4) — applies despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27A ; and does not apply to a reviewable decision made by the commissioner personally. s 86C ins 2014 No. 56 s 64 amd 2016 No. 11 s 19 ; 2024 No. 14 s 72 (sec.86C-ssec.1) If an internal review application is made under section 86B , the internal reviewer must, as soon as practicable but within the required period, make a new decision (the internal review decision ) as if the reviewable decision the subject of the application had not been made. (sec.86C-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , the required period is— 28 business days after the internal review application is made; or a longer period agreed to by the applicant. (sec.86C-ssec.3) However, if the internal reviewer does not decide the application within the required period, the internal reviewer is taken to have made an internal review decision at the end of the required period that is the same as the reviewable decision. (sec.86C-ssec.4) If the internal reviewer is the commission, the application must not be dealt with by— the person who made the reviewable decision; or a person in a less senior office than the person who made the reviewable decision. (sec.86C-ssec.5) Subsection (4) — applies despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27A ; and does not apply to a reviewable decision made by the commissioner personally. - (a) 28 business days after the internal review application is made; or - (b) a longer period agreed to by the applicant. - (a) the person who made the reviewable decision; or - (b) a person in a less senior office than the person who made the reviewable decision. - (a) applies despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27A ; and - (b) does not apply to a reviewable decision made by the commissioner personally.