78Statement of reasons for decision

78 Statement of reasons for decision

78 Statement of reasons for decision

(1) This rule applies only in relation to the following applicable proceedings—

(a) Commission proceedings,

(b) merit review proceedings.

(2) A determination of the appropriate decision-maker in applicable proceedings to which this rule applies is to be accompanied by a brief statement of the appropriate decision-maker’s reasons for the determination that includes the following—

(a) the appropriate decision-maker’s findings on material questions of fact, referring to the evidence or other material on which those findings were based,

(b) the appropriate decision-maker’s understanding of the applicable law,

(c) the reasoning processes that led the appropriate decision-maker to the conclusions made.

(3) Without limiting subrule (2), the reasons are to be stated sufficiently, in the opinion of the appropriate decision-maker, to make the parties to the proceedings aware of the appropriate decision-maker’s view of the case made by each party.