79CDecision-maker to give reasons if requested

79C Decision-maker to give reasons if requested

[Section 79C of Part 8 Inserted by No. 7 of 2025, s. 243, Applied:01 Jul 2025]

(1)  If a decision-maker makes a reviewable decision to which this Division applies, an interested person in respect of the decision may make a written request to the decision-maker for a statement of the reasons for the decision.

(2)  As soon as practicable (and in any event within the prescribed period) after receiving a request under subsection (1) in respect of a reviewable decision, the decision-maker is to –

(a) prepare a written statement of reasons for the decision; and

(b) provide it to the person who requested the statement of reasons.

(3)  A statement of reasons under subsection (2) is to include –

(a) the reasons for the decision; and

(b) if relevant, the findings on material questions of fact that relate to the decision; and

(c) details of the information, or other materials, on which the decision was made.

(4)  For the avoidance of doubt, this section does not apply in respect of a reviewable decision if section 79D applies in respect of the reviewable decision.