15.—(1) The Department shall give notice in writing of its decision under section 15 of the Administration Act and of the right to request a statement of the grounds of the decision to the applicant and to any persons appearing to it to be interested therein and may publish its decision in such manner as it thinks fit.
(2) The applicant and any other person appearing to the Department to be interested shall, on request, be furnished with such a statement of the grounds of the Department’s decision under section 15 of the Administration Act as will enable him to determine whether any question of law (not being a question which has been referred to the Court of Appeal in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act) has arisen upon which he may appeal to the Court of Appeal under section 16(3) of that Act.