Appendix 2: Summary of ALR decision reasons for approvals, 2003/2004

This table summarizes the decision reasons for applications approved by the Commission during 2003/04 based on the reasons cited in the Commission's decision letters. The Commission tracks five major reasons for approvals as illustrated in the table. Some applications cite more than one reason for approval, thus the number of reasons tracked and reported exceeds the number of applications for which the Commission granted approval. Nevertheless, the breakdown of approvals by decision reason provides an indication of the relative weight of the various reasons that provide the bases for Commission decisions.