This page is an educational summary for professionals working with AI. It is not the law and not legal advice. Always work from the current authoritative text linked below.
What does section 60 do?
Section 60 opens Part VI of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth), the Part governing reconsideration and review of determinations. Subsection 60(1) defines the working vocabulary: a claimant is a person in respect of whom a determination is made, a determination is one made under a closed list of provisions, and a reviewable decision is a decision made under subsection 38(4) or section 62. Read the current compilation on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Who does it bind?
Everyone operating inside Part VI. Subsection 60(2) fixes the parties to proceedings, and subsection 60(3) names the body responsible for the reviewable decision: Comcare where it made the decision, or the licensee where the decision was made by or on its behalf.
What do practitioners get wrong?
Two conflations. First, treating an original determination as directly reviewable by the Tribunal. Under subsection 60(1) a reviewable decision is only a decision under subsection 38(4) or section 62, so reconsideration comes first. Second, assuming every decision under the Act is a determination. The subsection 60(1) list is closed.
Where does AI use touch it?
AI triage that routes incoming correspondence must apply the section 60 vocabulary correctly, because determinations and reviewable decisions follow different pathways. See complaint and reconsideration routing under the SRC Act and SRC Act statutory timeframes and AI.
Bottom line
Section 60 is the dictionary for Part VI. Get its definitions wrong, especially reviewable decision, and every downstream reconsideration and review step is mapped against the wrong object.
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