9 Concession given but not accepted

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an applicant who claims to be the holder of a concession card gives an agency or Minister a copy of the concession card before the applicant is given a preliminary assessment notice; and

(b) the agency or Minister is not satisfied the applicant is the holder of a concession card.

(2) Section 1 applies in relation to the application and the preliminary assessment notice must—

(a) state the agency or Minister is not satisfied the applicant is the holder of a concession card; and

(b) give the reasons the agency or Minister is not satisfied.

(3) If within the period of 30 days after the applicant gives the agency or Minister a copy of the concession card, the applicant has not received a notice under section 8 or a preliminary assessment notice, the principal officer of the agency or the Minister is taken to have made, on the last day of the period, a decision that the agency or the Minister is not satisfied the applicant is the holder of a concession card.