---
title: "Centrelink decision and review deadline register"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/centrelink-review-deadline-register"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a56-centrelink-review-deadline-register"
area_id: "A56"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A56-N20261018-1", "A56-P20261018-2"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Centrelink decision and review deadline register

> A register of a Centrelink decision, the Authorised Review Officer step, and the different Administrative Review Tribunal time limits stated by Services Australia and by the Tribunal.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/centrelink-review-deadline-register  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use when a Centrelink decision may be reviewed, or when an application to the Tribunal would be late. It records the dates. It does not choose the ground of review.

## Used for these tasks

- [Build the Centrelink or DVA decision, debt and review-deadline register](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/build-the-centrelink-or-dva-decision-debt-and-review-deadline-register.md)
- [Prepare an extension of time application for a late Centrelink review](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/prepare-an-extension-of-time-application-for-a-late-centrelink-review.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may calculate the dates in this register from the decision letter; the practitioner checks which time limit applies before an application is lodged.

**AI may:**

- Enter the date the person was told of the decision and count 13 weeks
- List the Tribunal limits from the Tribunal page beside the limits on the Services Australia page, without merging them
- Note that an extension must be in writing and that the review starts only if the extension is granted

**AI must not:**

- Must not invent the Child Care Subsidy, Family Tax Benefit, Parental Leave Pay or Tertiary Access Payment formal-review limits; those pages were not opened
- Must not lodge an application or write the reasons
- Must not say there is no time limit merely because one of the two pages is silent

**The lawyer checks:**

- The decision letter is read for the limit it states
- An Authorised Review Officer or subject-matter expert has reviewed the decision before a Tribunal application, as the Tribunal page requires
- Family assistance, Paid Parental Leave and student assistance are given the specific limits, not the general 13 weeks
- A late application includes a written extension request, and the fee position is checked on the day of lodgement

## Authorities

- [Services Australia, Explanations and formal reviews of a Centrelink decision (13 weeks, debt reviews, 49-day aim, pause, and the Tribunal times that page states)](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/explanations-and-formal-reviews-centrelink-decision?context=64107)
- [Administrative Review Tribunal, Centrelink payments, When to apply (family assistance, Paid Parental Leave, student assistance, extensions, and fees)](https://www.art.gov.au/applying-review/centrelink)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/centrelink-review-deadline-register and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*