Summary of Issue: Decision Ambiguous

Decision 18045 Full Text of Decision 18045

Refer to: A-0463.90

Decision A-0463.90 Full Text of Decision A-0463.90

The only issue has to do with the jurisdiction of the Board to make the second decision and to enter upon the exercise of clarifying or interpreting its earlier decision. There is no statutory mandate for the Board to do as it did, conditions provided in s. 86 not being met. The parties being at an impasse as to the meaning of the Board's decision, claimant requested a hearing from the Board to seek further clarification. The Board granted the request. The Board, even in the absence of specific statutory authority, had the jurisdiction to do what it did. Secondly, the fact that the Board undertook to clarify its earlier decision at the specific request of the present applicant cannot in itself confer jurisdiction if there is none in law.