Gad v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 226

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Gad v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 226 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 06 July 2022 Decision date: 06 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Dr J Lucy, Senior Member Decision: (1) The time for the applicant to lodge an application with the Tribunal is extended to 23 February 2022. (2) Matter is listed for directions at 10:30am on 9 August 2022. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Firearms licensing – Where respondent decided to refuse the applicant's application for renewal of his licence – Where applicant's application for internal review was not dealt with in a timely way – Whether to extend time for applicant to apply to Tribunal for review of refusal decision Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Cases Cited: CFZ v Department of Education [2015] NSWCATAD 231 Concerned Citizens of Canberra Inc v Chief Executive (Planning and Land Authority) [2015] ACTA 56 EFQ (a pseudonym) v Medical Council of New South Wales [2021] NSWCA 167 Hull v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 6 Jackson v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2014] NSWCATAP 22 Public Service Board of New South Wales v Osmond (1986) 159 CLR 656 Texts Cited: Administrative Review Council Report to the Minister for Justice, Better decisions: Review of Commonwealth Merits Review Tribunals (Commonwealth of Australia, 1995) Explanatory Note to Administrative Decisions Tribunal Bill 1997 (NSW) Second reading speech to Administrative Decisions Tribunal Bill 1997 (NSW) (Legislative Assembly Hansard, 29 May 1997) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Nicholas Gad (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicant in person Office of the General Counsel, NSW Police Force (Respondent) File Number(s): 2022/00053048 Publication restriction: None