80Written statement of decisions

#### 80 Written statement of decisions 80 Written statement of decisions > > (1) If the Board, the President or a member authorised by the Board makes a decision concerning a person under any provision of this Act, the person may request in writing that the Board, President or member provide the person with a written statement of the decision. > > > (2) Any such request is to be made no later than 60 days after the decision to which it relates. > > > (3) The Board, the President or the member is to provide a written statement of the decision within 30 days after receiving such a request. > > > (4) A written statement of a decision must give the reasons for the decision. > > > (5) The Board, the President or the member is not required to include confidential information in the statement of a decision. If a statement would be false or misleading if it did not include the confidential information, the Board, the President or the member is not required to provide the statement. > > > (6) When confidential information is not included in the statement of a decision provided to a person or the statement is not provided to a person because of subsection (5), the Board, the President or the member must give a confidential information notice to the person. > > > (7) A confidential information notice is a notice that indicates that confidential information is not included or that the statement will not be provided (as appropriate) and gives the reasons for this. The notice must be in writing and must be given within one month after the decision is made. > > > (8) This section does not affect the power of a court to make an order for the discovery of documents or to require the giving of evidence or the production of documents to a court. > > > (9) In this section— > > > > confidential information means information that— > > > > > (a) has not previously been published or made available to the public when a written statement of a decision to which it is or may be relevant is being prepared, and > > > > > (b) relates to the personal or business affairs of a person, other than a person to whom the Board, the President or the member is required (or would, but for subsection (5), be required) to provide a written statement of a decision, and > > > > > (c) is information— > > > > > > > (i) that was supplied in confidence, or > > > > > > > (ii) the publication of which would reveal a trade secret, or > > > > > > > (iii) that was provided in compliance with a duty imposed by an enactment, or > > > > > > > (iv) the provision of which by the Board, the President or the member would be in breach of any enactment.