Pillay v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2022] NSWCATOD 90

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Pillay v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2022] NSWCATOD 90 Hearing dates: 5 July 2022 Date of orders: 12 August 2022 Decision date: 12 August 2022 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S Higgins, Senior Member Decision: (1) The applicant's application for an extension of time is refused. (2) The applicant's application is dismissed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – administrative review - decision to refuse to reissue/renew the applicant's Class 1- Real Estate – Sales or Leasing licence – whether to extend time to lodge application for external review – in the absence of having duly applied for an internal review, whether it is necessary to deal with the applicant's application – s 41 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) and s 55(4)(b) of the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 (NSW) Property and Stock Agents Act 2002 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Cases Cited: CFA v Department of Family and Community Services [2016] NSWCATAD 32 CFZ v Department of Education [2015] NSWCATAD 231 Gad v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 226 Jackson v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2014] NSWCATAP 22 Pillay v Department of Fair Trading [2022] NSWCATAD 29 (new citation [2022] NSWCATOD 174) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Raman Pillay (Applicant) Commissioner for Fair Trading (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (self-represented) Department of Customer Service (Respondent) File Number(s): 2022/00082246 Publication restriction: Nil