The Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) was an Australian quasi-judicial tribunal established in 1975 and made a division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in July 2015. The SSAT was established on 10 February 1975 to review decisions made under the

Social Services Act 1947 Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives from ...

. Its predecessor were various state-based bodies. Initially the SSAT was limited to making recommendations without any legal effect about decisions under the ''Social Services Act''. In 1988, its decisions were made legally enforceable when changes to the Social Services Act established it as a

statutory authority A statutory body or statutory authority is a body set up by law (statute) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state, sometimes by being Primary and secondary legislation, empowered or deleg ...

. The kind of decisions it could review was increased in 2007 to include decisions made by the then

Child Support Agency The Child Support Agency (CSA) was a delivery arm of the Department for Work and Pensions (Child Maintenance Group) in Great Britain and the former Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland. Launched on 5 April 1993, the CSA was to ...

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