In the wake of controversy over a decree by the new chairman of the Liquor Board prohibiting written testimony from being submitted into the record, the agency rescinded the policy late on Friday.

“Given the legitimate concerns expressed by the public over its issuance, we are rescinding Administrative Decision #7,” said the memo, essentially canceling the policy that chairman Albert J. Matricciani, Jr. has issued on the previous Friday.

Administrative decision #7 had announced that “any individual who wishes to present testimony as part of the evidentiary record for consideration by the Board in its decision concerning a matter in which a public hearing is held, shall be present at the public hearing so that his or her testimony will be presented in person, under oath, and on the record.”

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