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title: "Application for first review of a Centrelink decision (Administrative Review Tribunal): completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/form-art-centrelink-first-review"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a56-form-art-centrelink-first-review"
area_id: "A56"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A56-N20261018-1", "A56-N20261018-6"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Application for first review of a Centrelink decision (Administrative Review Tribunal): completion guide

> Link to the Tribunal's first review form for Centrelink decisions, with a guide to the Authorised Review Officer step, the decisions the Tribunal can change, reasons, signatures and consent to disclose, the paid…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/form-art-centrelink-first-review  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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

Link to the Tribunal's first review form for Centrelink decisions, with a guide to the Authorised Review Officer step, the decisions the Tribunal can change, reasons, signatures and consent to disclose, the paid parental leave time limit, and no fee.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at art.gov.au and the 3 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when acting for a person who disagrees with a Centrelink decision that has been reviewed by a Centrelink Authorised Review Officer (or, in most cases, a Subject Matter Expert) and wants the Tribunal to review it.

## Used for these tasks

- [Build the Centrelink or DVA decision, debt and review-deadline register](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements.md#A56-N20261018-1)
- [Prepare the tribunal submissions on a Centrelink first review](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements.md#A56-N20261018-6)

## How AI may be used

AI may check the application and attachments against the Tribunal's list and draft brief reasons from the lawyer's analysis for the lawyer to settle; the lawyer checks every statement in each application and keeps the person's own account in their own words.

**AI may:**

- Check the application has every item the Tribunal asks for and list what is missing
- Calculate the lodgment deadline from the date the decision was received, for the lawyer to confirm against the decision letter
- Draft brief reasons why the decision is wrong from the lawyer's analysis, for the lawyer to settle
- Rebuild the debt or rate calculation from payment and income records, with sources, for the lawyer to check

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide whether the decision is reviewable or what the grounds are
- Must not write the person's statement of their circumstances or evidence in their words
- Must not process health, disability or income records in a tool not approved for sensitive information

**The lawyer checks:**

- The decision has been reviewed by an Authorised Review Officer or Subject Matter Expert; if not, that review comes first
- Lodged within the time limit in the review decision (for paid parental leave reviews, within 28 days)
- Reasons why the person disagrees given; the Tribunal cannot start the review without them
- Form signed by the applicant, by the representative where there is one, and the consent to disclose personal information signed

## Authorities

- [Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (Cth)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024A00040/latest/text)
- [Administrative Review Tribunal, Application for first review of a Centrelink decision (form)](https://www.art.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/Centrelink%20-%20Application%20for%20first%20review%20of%20a%20Centrelink%20decision-%20form.pdf)
- [Administrative Review Tribunal, Forms: Centrelink](https://www.art.gov.au/help-and-resources/forms)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.art.gov.au/help-and-resources/forms)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by art.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.

## 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/form-art-centrelink-first-review 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.*