Burey v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 344

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Burey v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 344 Hearing dates: 20 October 2022 Date of orders: 28 October 2022 Decision date: 28 October 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Emeritus Prof G D Walker, Senior Member Decision: (1) Decision under review set aside. (2) A category ABC firearms licence is to be reissued to the applicant. Catchwords: LICENSING – firearms – licence revocation – unregistered firearm – whether prohibited firearm -- fit and proper person – public interest – economic loss -- contravention of Firearms Act. Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Explosives Act 2003 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Firearms Regulation 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond [1990] HCA 33, (1990) 170 CLR 321 Bankowski v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 175 Barlow v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2003] NSWADT 254 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 316 Bronze Wing International Pty Ltd v SafeWork New South Wales [2017] NSWCA 42 Constantin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2013] NSWADT AP 16 Cusumano v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2001] NSWADT 50 Director-General Transport NSW v AIC (GD) [2011] NSWADT AP 65 Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 2 ALD 60 EMB v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2021] NSWCATAD 63 Ford v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 87 Greenhalgh v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 153 Hill v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 218 Hughes and Vale Pty Ltd v New South Wales (No. 2) (1955) 93 CLR 127 Kalinic v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2006] NSWADT 227 Kavalieratos v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 117 Kocic v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCA 368 Lee v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2015] NSWCATAD 254 Martin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 97 McDonald v Director-General, Social Security [1984] FCA 57, (1984) 1 FCR 354 Matus v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 111 Moss v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 262 Nakad v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAP 10 Smith v Commissioner of Police and New South Wales Fair Trading [2014] NSWCATAD 184 Sterjovski v Director-General, Department of Transport [2002] NSWADT 10 Webb v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2004] NSWADT 110