Deputy Secretary, Local Government Planning and Policy v Byrne (No 2) [2021] NSWCATOD 112

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Deputy Secretary, Local Government Planning and Policy v Byrne (No 2) [2021] NSWCATOD 112 Hearing dates: 21 July 2021 Date of orders: 09 August 2021 Decision date: 09 August 2021 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: L Pearson, Principal Member Decision: Pursuant to s 482A(2)(d) of the Local Government Act 1993, the right of Councillor Darcy Byrne to payment as a councillor is suspended for a period of three months from the date of these orders. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS – local government councillors – significant non-pecuniary conflict of interest – conduct and statements at Council meetings – breach of Code of Conduct – act of disorder – findings of misconduct –disciplinary action Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Local Government Act 1993 Local Government Amendment (Discipline) Bill 2004 Cases Cited: Albarran v Members of the Companies and Liquidators Board [2007] HCA 23; 231 CLR 350 ASIC v Adler [2002] NSWSC 483 CFMEU v Cahill [2010] FCAFC 39 Chen v Health Care Complaints Commission [2017] NSWCA 186 Deputy Secretary, Local Government, Planning and Policy v Byrne [2021] NSWCATOD 53 Director-General, Dept of Ageing, Disability and Home Care v Lambert [2009] NSWCA 102; (2009) 74 NSWLR 523 Lee v Health Care Complaints Commission [2012] NSWCA 80 Mehajer v Chief Executive of the Office of Local Government [2014] NSWSC 1804 Meineke v Acting Chief Executive, Office of Local Government [2016] NSWCATOD 135 Meineke v Acting Chief Executive, office of Local Government (No 2) [2017] NSWCATOD 14 Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70; (1988) 166 CLR 59 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v CQW17 [2018] FCAFC 110; (2018) 162 ALD 427 Office of Local Government v Neville [2018] NSWCATOD 31 Office of Local Government v Pauling [2014] NSWCATAD 121 Office of Local Government v Petty [2015] NSWCATOD 46 Office of Local Government v Shelley [2018] NSWCATOD 103 Office of Local Government v Smith [2014] NSWCATOD 92 Office of Local Government v Toma [2016] NSWCATOD 21 Pileggi v Australian Sports Drug Agency [2004] FCA 955; (2004) 138 FCR 107 Re Councillor Hans Allgayer (unreported, Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal, 10 June 2013) Rich v ASIC [2004] HCA 42; 220 CLR 129 Ziems v Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of NSW (1957) 97 CLR 279; [1957] HCA 46 Texts Cited: Pearce & Geddes Statutory Interpretation in Australia (9th ed, 2019) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Deputy Secretary, Local Government, Planning and Policy (Applicant) Darcy Byrne (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Cobb-Clark (Applicant) I Latham (Respondent)