Under Art. 11 RPBA 2007, if there are 'special reasons', a board need not remit a case to the department of first instance even where there were fundamental deficiencies in the first instance proceedings.
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/caselaw/2019/e/clr_v_a_7_7_3.htm
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021