The Child Trust Funds (Appeals) Regulations 2005

Decisions of appeal tribunals

18.—(1) Every decision of an appeal tribunal shall be recorded in summary by the chairman of the appeal tribunal and shall be referred to as a decision notice.

(2) The decision notice specified in paragraph (1) shall be in such written form as shall have been approved by the President and shall be signed by the chairman of the appeal tribunal.

(3) As soon as may be practicable after an appeal has been decided by an appeal tribunal, a copy of the decision notice shall be sent or given to every party to the proceedings who shall also be informed of—

(a) his right under paragraph (4); and

(b) the conditions governing appeals to a Social Security Commissioner.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), a party to the proceedings may apply in writing to the clerk to the appeal tribunal for a statement of the reasons for the tribunal’s decision within one month of the sending or giving of the decision notice to every party to the proceedings or within such longer period as may be allowed in accordance with regulation 19.

(5) Where—

(a) the decision notice is corrected in accordance with regulation 21; or

(b) an application under regulation 22 for the decision to be set aside is refused for reasons other than a refusal to extend the time for making the application,

the period specified in paragraph (4) shall run from the date on which notice of the correction or the refusal of the application for setting aside is sent to the applicant.

(6) Following the application made under paragraph (4), the chairman of the appeal tribunal shall record a statement of the reasons and a copy of that statement shall be given or sent to every party to the proceedings as soon as may be practicable.

(7) If the decision is not unanimous, the decision notice specified in paragraph (1) shall record that one of the members dissented and the statement of reasons referred to in paragraph (6) shall include the reasons given by the dissenting member for dissenting.