Checklist · Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements
Centrelink second review: 28-day limit and extension
Checklist for the 28-day second-review limit, an extension application, Centrelink's 14 days to oppose, and the fee note on the Tribunal's Centrelink page.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a Tribunal first-review decision on a Centrelink matter is in, and a second review or an extension of time for that second review is being considered.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
The tool may enter the 28-day and 14-day dates and the fee note, and the lawyer decides whether to seek a second review or an extension and writes the reasons.
AI may
- Enter the date the first-review decision was received and 28 days after that date.
- If an extension is needed, record that it must be in writing with reasons, and leave the reasons blank.
- Enter 14 days for Centrelink to say whether it opposes the extension.
- Record the page's fee note, including the paid parental leave figure, as a figure to check.
AI must not
- Do not write the reasons the application is late, or the reasons the decision is wrong.
- Do not complete the second-review application or the extension form. Both are separate from this checklist, and the PDFs were not opened.
- Do not say a hearing will be avoided. The page says that if Centrelink does not oppose, the Tribunal will generally decide without a hearing, and that if Centrelink opposes, it will usually hold a hearing.
- Do not say every second review is free. The page says there is generally no fee for most Centrelink second reviews, and it states a fee for paid parental leave.
The lawyer checks
- Confirm the 28-day and 14-day periods, and the fee, on the current Centrelink page.
- The fee of $1,195 for a second review of a paid parental leave decision is the figure on the page when it was read on 22 October 2026. Check it before it is stated to a client.
- Read the extension form and the second-review form before either is lodged.
- The review does not start unless the Tribunal extends time, if an extension is required.
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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