After a deliberation committee has made a compensation decision, who must receive the certified copy, within what period, and by what rules is it served?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In the practice file we read the compensation decision itself to fix the date on which the committee made it, the certified copy of that decision, and any proof of service on the applicant showing when and how it was delivered, since the provision ties service to that date.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the provision as a duty on the committee: once the committee makes a compensation decision, it must serve a certified copy of that decision on the applicant within the period the provision sets from the day the decision was made, so the clock runs from the date of the decision rather than from any later notice to the applicant.
Another reading looks at the second paragraph, which only says that the Civil Procedure Act's provisions on service apply mutatis mutandis; the provision names no method of service and no substitute addressee, so whether service on the applicant's agent, a successor, or the public institution satisfies this duty is left to those borrowed rules and to the file rather than settled by this provision itself.
Your judgment
If the certified copy never reached the applicant within the period, what in the record would show the date the decision was made and the steps actually taken to serve it?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change who must be served or the length of the period, or if a decision construes how far the Civil Procedure Act's service rules govern this service.