Zonnevylle v Secretary, Department of Education [2022] NSWCATAD 121

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Zonnevylle v Secretary, Department of Education [2022] NSWCATAD 121 Hearing dates: 8 March 2022 and subsequently on the papers Date of orders: 12 April 2022 Decision date: 12 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: K Ransome, Senior Member Decision: (1) The application for an extension of time within which reply submissions are to be filed by the applicant is refused. (2) A hearing is dispensed with under s 50 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013. (3) The application for referral of questions of law to the Supreme Court under s 54 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (including seeking the President's consent) is refused. (4) The application that the Information Commissioner be referred to the Ombudsman is refused. (5) The application by the applicant that the Tribunal request the Information Commissioner to exercise her right to appear and be heard in these proceedings is refused. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – refusal of extension of time to make submissions – referral of questions of law to Supreme Court – referral of respondent to Information Commissioner – referral of Information Commissioner to Ombudsman – participation of Information Commissioner in proceedings Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Ombudsman Act 1974 Cases Cited: Department of Education v Zonnevylle [2020] NSWCATAD 96 Milner v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWCATOD 37 Taylor v Destination NSW [2020] NSWCATAD 137 Zonnevylle v Department of Customer Service; Zonnevylle v Secretary, Department of Education [2021] NSWCATAD 35 Zonnevylle v Secretary, Department of Education [2021] NSWCATAD 361 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Peter Zonnevylle (Applicant) Secretary, Department of Education (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (Self-Represented) Crown Solicitor (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/00337143 Publication restriction: Nil