Balle v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 187

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Balle v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 187 Hearing dates: 30 June 2021 Date of orders: 8 July 2021 Decision date: 08 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Naida Isenberg, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed Catchwords: LICENSING - Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Firearms Act 1996 Weapons Act 1990 (Qld) Cases Cited: AML v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2013] NSWADT 5 Bladen v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2015] NSWCATAD 240 Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd v O'Connor (1995) 131 ALR 657 Commissioner of Police v Toleafoa [1999] NSWADTAP 9 Constantin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2013] NSWADTAP 16 Constantin v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2012] NSWADT 172 Director of Public Prosecutions v Smith [1991] VicRp 6; (1991) 1 VR 63. Green v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 59 Hill v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 218 Hoffman v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2003] NSWADT 89 Hook v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 250 Hunt v Commissioner of Police [2021] NCATAD 58 Leatham v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 121 Martin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 97 Masterson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAP 206 McDonald v Director General of Social Security (1984) 1FCR 353 at 357 Nakad v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAP 10 Petas v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2013] NSWADT 137 Rose v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 158 Sawires v Commissioner of Police [2010] NSWADT 4 Ward v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 28 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Geoffrey John Balle (Applicant) Commissioner of Police (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Hartmann & Associates (Applicant) Lindsaytaylorlawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/00021696 Publication restriction: Pursuant to s 64(1)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act (CAT Act) 2013, the publication of the Confidential Material and the Confidential Affidavit, or matters contained in the Confidential Material and the Confidential Affidavit, is prohibited.