1(1)A decision of the Tribunal in any proceedings before it must—
(a)state the reasons for the decision and whether it was unanimous or taken by a majority;
(b)be recorded in a document signed and dated by the chairman of the Tribunal dealing with the proceedings.
(2)In preparing that document the Tribunal shall have regard to the need for excluding, so far as practicable—
(a)information the disclosure of which would in its opinion be contrary to the public interest;
(b)commercial information the disclosure of which would or might, in its opinion, significantly harm the legitimate business interests of the undertaking to which it relates;
(c)information relating to the private affairs of an individual the disclosure of which would, or might, in its opinion, significantly harm his interests.
(3)But the Tribunal shall also have regard to the extent to which any disclosure mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) is necessary for the purpose of explaining the reasons for the decision.
(4)The President shall make such arrangements for the publication of the decisions of the Tribunal as he considers appropriate.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b) modified (25.7.2003 for certain purposes, 29.12.2003 for certain further purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 195(8), 411(2)(3) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), 3(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 3-6 (as amended (8.12.2003) by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)
Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b) modified (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 294(1), 411(2)(3), Sch. 11 para. 10(7) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1) (subject to arts. 3(3), 11)
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]