Request to finalise an Employment Services Assessment (ESAt) report to create a new ESAt referral 001-02320060

This document provides information about the early finalisation of an Employment Services Assessment (ESAt) report. This is required where a new ESAt referral needs to be made and a previous ESAt report is not yet finalised.

If a new ESAt is required, a request for an ESAt can be made and Assessment Services will follow the below process for early finalisation of previous ESAt.

Automatic finalisation

An ESAt referral can only be made when a previous ESAt report has a status of 'Finalised'. This means any new ESAt referrals required within the 28 day period a report takes before automatically finalising, cannot be made unless the previously submitted ESAt report is finalised early.

New ESAt referral required

There are a number of instances where a new ESAt referral is required before the initial ESAt report has been finalised. For example, the customer lodges an appeal within 28 days of the initial ESAt and a new ESAt is required.

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