Edgar v Registrar, Births Deaths and Marriages [2022] NSWCATAD 170

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Edgar v Registrar, Births Deaths and Marriages [2022] NSWCATAD 170 Hearing dates: 20 May 2021 and 5 May 2022 Date of orders: 25 May 2022 Decision date: 25 May 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Naida Isenberg, Senior Member Decision: The Application for Review is dismissed Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Application for dismissal of Application for Review in respect of correction of death certificate refusal – Applicant died before hearing completed – whether proceedings can be continued by a friend - jurisdiction – dismissal Legislation Cited: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules Cases Cited: Bates v Secretary, Department of Employment [2016] AATA 250 Maleganeas v ACT Planning Land Authority [2019] ACAT 105 Mavris v Commissioner of Taxation [2018] AATA 4130 Re Andreatta and Commissioner for Superannuation (1991) 23 ALD 326 Tanious v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2016] NSWCATAP 246 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: James Edgar (Applicant) Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicant: represented by his friend, Warren Underwood Legal, Corporate Services, Department of Customer Service (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/50719