MacMahon v Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2020] NSWCATAD 290

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: MacMahon v Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2020] NSWCATAD 290 Hearing dates: 3 November 2020 Date of orders: 30 November 2020 Decision date: 30 November 2020 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: C Ludlow, Senior Member Decision: The decision of the Registrar is set aside and in substitution for that decision, the application for registration of change of name to Paul Rawlings Mann is to be granted. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – registration of change of name – power to refuse STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – linguistic maxims - context Legislation Cited: Births Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (NSW) Criminal Records Act 1991(NSW) Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Cases Cited: CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd (1997) 187 CLR 384 Commissioner of Police v Toleafoa [1999] NSWADTAP 9 Macmahon v R [2011] NSWCCA 147 Network Ten Pty Ltd v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 14; (2004) 218 CLR 273 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Texts Cited: D C Pearce and R S Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia, (8th ed., Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 2014). Category: Principal judgment Parties: Paul MacMahon (Applicant) Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicant (Self Represented) S Pintamalli, (Legal Government and Corporate Services, Department of Customer Service) (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00233742 Publication restriction: Nil