(1) If a judge reserves a decision in a proceeding, the judge may arrange for written reasons for decision to be prepared setting out the proposed order, sign them and send them to another judge or registrar for delivery.
(2) The other judge or registrar must, at a convenient time, publish in court the reasons for decision.
(3) The publication by the other judge or registrar has the same effect as if, at the time of publication, the judge who reserved the decision had been present in court and made the order proposed in the written reasons, and published the reasons, in person.
(4) This rule applies, with necessary changes, if a magistrate, judicial registrar or registrar reserves a decision.