Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) After the tribunal finishes dealing with an application, the tribunal for an application may reserve the decision on the application, and may deliver the decision on another date or a date to be set.
(2) If the tribunal reserves a decision on an application, the tribunal may arrange for a written statement of reasons for the decision to be prepared setting out the proposed order.
(3) If the tribunal arranges for a statement of reasons to be prepared, the tribunal may arrange for another tribunal member to deliver the statement, even if the tribunal member was not allocated to the tribunal for the application.
(4) The other tribunal member must, at a convenient time, publish in the tribunal the statement of reasons for the decision.
(5) The publication by the other tribunal member has the same effect as if, at the time of publication, the tribunal that reserved the decision made the order proposed in the statement of reasons and published the statement.