The Care Tribunal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

The decision

24.—(1) The Care Tribunal’s decision may be taken by a majority and the decision shall record whether it was unanimous or taken by a majority.

(2) The decision may be made and announced at the end of the hearing or reserved, and in any event, whether there has been a hearing or not, the decision must be recorded without delay in a document signed and dated by the Chairman (or if as a result of his death or incapacity he is unable to sign, or if he ceases to be a member of the chairman’s panel, by another member of the Care Tribunal).

(3) The document mentioned in paragraph (2) must also state –

(a) the reasons for the decision; and

(b) what, if any, order the Care Tribunal has made as a result of its decision.

(4) The Secretary must, as soon as reasonably possible, send to each party a copy of the document mentioned in paragraph (2) and a notice explaining to the parties any right of appeal which they may have against the Care Tribunal’s decision and the right to apply for a review of the Care Tribunal’s decision.

(5) Where the appeal was against an order made by a Justice of the Peace under Article 21 of the Order, the Secretary must, as soon as reasonably practicable, send a copy of the document mentioned in paragraph (2) to the Justice of the Peace who made the order.

(6) Except where a decision is announced at the end of the hearing, the decision shall be treated as having been made on the day on which a copy of the document mentioned in paragraph (2) is sent to the applicant.

(7) The decision shall be entered in the records.