Re referral by Executive Director, Local Government under s 440J and 440N of the Local Government Act 1993, concerning Mr Robinson, a former Councillor [2022] NSWCATOD 167

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Re referral by Executive Director, Local Government under s 440J and 440N of the Local Government Act 1993, concerning Mr Robinson, a former Councillor [2022] NSWCATOD 167 Hearing dates: 28 October 2022 Date of orders: 12 December 2022 Decision date: 12 December 2022 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: Armstrong J Decision: (1) The name of the applicant is amended to the Executive Director, Local Government, under delegation from the Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment. (2) The Tribunal determines that it will conduct proceedings into this matter. (3) The matter is listed for a directions hearing at a date and time to be fixed by the Registrar. Catchwords: LOCAL GOVERNMENT – Councillors – referral of alleged misconduct of a Councillor under the Local Government Act 1993 Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Cases Cited: Chief Executive, Office of Local Government v Bagnall [2018] NSWCATOD 84 Deputy Secretary of the Department of Local Government, Planning and Policy v Doueihi [2022] NSWCATOD 3 Deputy Secretary, Local Government, Planning and Policy v Garrard [2021] NSWCATOD 75 Office of Local Government v Shelley [2018] NSWCATOD 103 Re referral by Executive Director, Local Government under s 440J of the Local Government Act 1993, concerning Mr Hindi, a former Councillor [2022] NSWCATOD 152 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Executive Director, Local Government under delegation from the Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment (Applicant) Allan Robinson (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Cobb-Clark (Applicant)