138Decision about internal review

138 Decision about internal review (1) After an application for internal review is considered under regulation 137, the Secretary must— (a) affirm the decision; or (b) vary the decision; or (c) revoke the decision and make another decision in substitution for it. (2) Within 28 days after the Secretary receives an application for internal review, the Secretary must send the applicant a written notice stating— (a) the outcome of the internal review; and (b) if the decision is referred to in section 12, 15A or 16E of the Act, the applicant's right of appeal to the Magistrates' Court; and (c) if applicable, the applicant's right to an external review of the decision under regulation 143. (3) If, within 28 days after receiving an application for internal review, the Secretary has not sent written notice of the outcome of the internal review to the applicant, the Secretary is taken to have affirmed the decision. Subdivision 2—Internal review of decisions about written-off vehicles and tester's licences