Article 47 Tribunal panel’s decision

The tribunal panel may consider any decision in private.

A decision of the tribunal panel may be taken by a majority and where the tribunal panel consists of only two members under rule 39(5) the Chair has a second or casting vote.

The decision of the tribunal panel may be given orally at the end of the hearing or reserved and must be recorded in a document; except in the case of a decision by consent, that document (or an annexe to it) must also contain a statement of the reasons (in summary form) for the tribunal panel’s decision, and such document must be signed and dated by the Chair.

Neither a decision given orally nor the document referred to in paragraph (3) may contain any reference to the decision being by majority (if that is the case) or to any opinion of a minority.

Every decision of a tribunal panel must be recorded in the Register.

The Secretary of the Tribunal must send a copy of the document referred to in paragraph (3), as soon as is practicable, to each party, accompanied by guidance, in a form approved by the President, about the circumstances in which there is a right to apply for a review of, or to appeal against, the tribunal panel decision and the procedure to be followed.

Where rule 13(10) applies, the Secretary of the Tribunal must send a copy of the documents referred to in paragraph (6) to the applicant in addition to the representative.

Every decision is to be treated as having been made on the date on which a copy of the document recording it is sent to the applicant (whether or not the decision has previously been announced at the end of the hearing).