Bettington v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 338

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Bettington v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 338 Hearing dates: 30 July 2021 Date of orders: 12 November 2021 Decision date: 12 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S E Frost, Senior Member Decision: Set aside the decision under review; substitute a decision that the Applicant's firearms licence is not revoked. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW – Firearms – Revocation of licence – Contraventions of firearms legislation by a firearms dealer of which the Applicant's spouse is the primary licence holder and in which the Applicant is an authorised director/employee – Public interest Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Firearms Regulation 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bettington v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 303 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ann Bettington (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P E King (Applicant)

Solicitors: Maddocks Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/281042 Publication restriction: In addition to the Orders made by the Tribunal on 10 December 2020 in Bettington v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 303, I make the following order:

(1) Pursuant to ss 64(1)(b), 64(1)(c) and 64(1)(d) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the transcript and recording of the confidential hearing in the proceeding on 30 July 2021 and the contents of all paragraphs in these Reasons marked '[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]' are not to be published or released to the Applicant, her legal representatives, or the public.