Anwari v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2021] NSWCATOD 129

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Anwari v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2021] NSWCATOD 129 Hearing dates: 12 March 2021, 9 June 2021 Date of orders: 30 August 2021 Decision date: 30 August 2021 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: D Dinnen, Senior Member Decision: The respondent's reviewable decision is affirmed Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – administrative review – licensing – whether Applicant meets requirements for issue of builders licence - application of Instrument - experience – referee statements - "wide range of building construction work" Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Home Building Act 1989 Home Building Regulation 2014 Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 Cases Cited: Briggs v Commissioner for Fair Trading Department of Finance, Services and Innovation [2018] NSWCATOD 175; Carrigan v NSW Fair Trading [2018] NSWCATOD 60; Cooper v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2017] NSWCATAD 242; Limberis v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2017] NSWCATOD 128 Locking v Department of Finance and Services [2013] NSWADT 239 Ngo v Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Finance, Services and Innovation [2019] NSWCATOD 103 Price v Commissioner of Fair Trading [2017] NSWCATOD 108 Price v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2020] NSWCATOD 93 Shoobridge v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2015] NSWCATOD 42 Wall v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2017] NSWCATOD 76 Whitehouse v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2017] NSWCATOD 108 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Abdul Razaq Anwari (Applicant) Commissioner for Fair Trading (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicant (Self-represented) Department of Customer Service (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00356057 Publication restriction: Nil