Magdy and Infinity Security Group Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2022] NSWCATOD 172
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Civil and Administrative Tribunal
New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Magdy and Infinity Security Group Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2022] NSWCATOD 172
Hearing dates: 26 October 2022
Date of orders: 26 October 2022
Decision date: 15 December 2022
Jurisdiction: Occupational Division
Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member
Decision: 1 Pursuant to section 49 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the hearing of this application is to be conducted in the absence of the Applicant, the legal representatives of the Applicant, and the public ("Private Hearing").
2 Pursuant to section 59 of the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997, the Respondent ('the Commissioner") is not required to lodge copies of the documents or parts of documents ("the Confidential Material") specified in the confidential statement in support of the application and provided to the Tribunal in accordance with the orders of the Tribunal ("the Confidential Statement") other than to the extent identified by the Tribunal.
3 Pursuant to section 64(1)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the publication of the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, or matters contained in the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, is prohibited.
4 Pursuant to section 64(1)(d) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the disclosure of the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, or matters contained in the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, is restricted to the Commissioner, the legal representatives for the Commissioner and the Tribunal.
5 Pursuant to sections 64(1)(b) and 64(1)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the publication and reporting of the hearing of this application, including any evidence given during the hearing, is prohibited.
Catchwords: Administrative Law – confidentiality - application under section 59 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 - non-disclosure orders - prohibited disclosure of evidence to applicant – non-publication orders - principles of open justice and procedural fairness
Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013
Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997
Security Industry Act 1997
Cases Cited: Bellamy v Bellamy [2018] NSWSC 534 at [30]
Bettington v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAP 110
CYL v YZA [2017] NSWCATAP 105
Commissioner of Police, New South Wales v Gray (2009) 74 NSWLR 1
Grant v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 158
HT v The Queen [2019] HCA 40
Pendrick v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (No 2) [2022] NSWCATAD 27
State of New South Wales (Justice Health) v Dezfouli [2008] NSWADTAP 69
Category: Procedural rulings
Parties: Infinity Security Group Pty Ltd (First Applicant)
Medehat Magdy (Second Applicant)
Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent)
Representation: Counsel:
P Knowles SC (Applicants)
Solicitors:
Piper Alderman Lawyers (Applicants)
Maddocks Lawyers (Respondent)
File Number(s): 2022/00254431
Publication restriction: Section 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 applies to those paragraphs of these reasons identified as [not for publication]. Those paragraphs are not to be released to either the Applicant or to the public.
Reasons for Decision
Introduction
1. The substantive matter concerns an application by Infinity Security Group Pty Ltd ("the First Applicant) and Medehat Magdy ("the Second Applicant") for review of decisions by a delegate of the Commissioner of Police ("the Respondent") to revoke security licences held by the applicants under the Security Industry Act 1997 ("the Security Act").
2. In July 2022, the First Applicant's Operator Security Licence and the Second Applicant's Master Security Licence were revoked. Those decisions were affirmed on internal review and the applicants have applied to the Tribunal seeking administrative review of the decisions. Section 29(1)(c) of the Security Act permits the applicants to apply to the Tribunal for an administrative review under the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 ("the ADR Act").
3. Section 29 of the Security Act provides:
29 Right to seek administrative review from Civil and Administrative Tribunal
(1) A person may apply to the Civil and Administrative Tribunal for an administrative review under the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 of the following decisions—
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(c) the revocation or suspension of a licence granted to the person.
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(3) In determining an application for an administrative review of a decision referred to in subsection (1), the Civil and Administrative Tribunal (and any Appeal Panel of the Tribunal in determining any internal appeal against such a review under the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013)—
(a) is to ensure that it does not, in the reasons for its decision or otherwise, disclose the existence or content of any criminal intelligence report or other criminal information without the approval of the Commissioner, and
(b) in order to prevent the disclosure of any such report or other criminal information, is to receive evidence and hear argument in the absence of the public, the applicant for the administrative review, the applicant's representative and any other interested party, unless the Commissioner approves otherwise.
1. In August 2022, the Tribunal made an order staying the decision to revoke the Second Applicant's Master Security Licence until further order of the Tribunal.
2. The Respondent has lodged a bundle of documents pursuant to section 58 of the ADR Act. Section 58(1)(b) of the ADR Act requires the administrator whose decision is the subject of an application for review to lodge with the Tribunal, within 28 days after receiving notice of the application, a copy of every document or part of a document that is in the possession, or under the control, of the administrator that the administrator considers to be relevant to the determination of the application to the Tribunal.
3. Section 59 of the ADR Act provides:
59 Objections to lodgment
(1) An administrator may apply to the Tribunal before the expiry of the period referred to in section 58(1) for an order that the administrator not be required to lodge a copy of a document under section 58.
(2) On any such application, the Tribunal may make an order that a copy of a document not be lodged with the Tribunal if:
(a) it is satisfied that section 67 (Privileged documents) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (as applied by section 67 of this Act) operates so as not to require the disclosure of the document, or
(b) it considers that, if an application were made under section 64 (Tribunal may restrict disclosures concerning procedures) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, it would be appropriate to make an order under that section prohibiting or restricting the publication or disclosure of evidence of the document.
1. The Respondent has applied to the Tribunal for an order under section 59(1) of the ADR Act that it not be required to lodge a copy of certain documents ("the Confidential Material") with the Tribunal and for orders under sections 49 and 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 ("the Tribunal Act").
2. Section 49 of the of the Tribunal Act provides:
49 Hearings to be open to public
(1) A hearing by the Tribunal is to be open to the public unless the Tribunal orders otherwise.
(2) The Tribunal may (of its own motion or on the application of a party) order that a hearing be conducted wholly or partly in private if it is satisfied that it is desirable to do so by reason of the confidential nature of any evidence or matter or for any other reason.
1. Section 64 of the of the Tribunal Act provides:
64 Tribunal may restrict disclosures concerning proceedings
(1) If the Tribunal is satisfied that it is desirable to do so by reason of the confidential nature of any evidence or matter or for any other reason, it may (of its own motion or on the application of a party) make any one or more of the following orders—
(a) an order prohibiting or restricting the disclosure of the name of any person (whether or not a party to proceedings in the Tribunal or a witness summoned by, or appearing before, the Tribunal),
(b) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication or broadcast of any report of proceedings in the Tribunal,
(c) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence given before the Tribunal, whether in public or in private, or of matters contained in documents lodged with the Tribunal or received in evidence by the Tribunal,
(d) an order prohibiting or restricting the disclosure to some or all of the parties to the proceedings of evidence given before the Tribunal, or of the contents of a document lodged with the Tribunal or received in evidence by the Tribunal, in relation to the proceedings.
(2) The Tribunal cannot make an order under this section that is inconsistent with section 65.
(3) The Tribunal may from time to time vary or revoke an order made under subsection (1).
(4) For the purposes of this section, a reference to the name of a person includes a reference to any information, picture or other material that identifies the person or is likely to lead to the identification of the person.
1. The Respondent requested the following orders:
(a) Pursuant to section 49 of the Tribunal Act, the hearing of this application be conducted in the absence of the Applicant in the substantive proceedings.
(b) Pursuant to section 59 of the ADR Act, the Respondent not be required to lodge copies of the documents, that being the Confidential Material, specified in the Confidential Statement in support of the application and provided to the Tribunal in accordance with the orders of the Tribunal;
(c) Pursuant to section 64(1)(c) of the Tribunal Act, the publication of the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, or matters contained in the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement is prohibited;
(d) Pursuant to section 64(1)(d) of the Tribunal Act, the disclosure of the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, or matters contained in the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, is restricted to the Respondent, the legal representatives for the Respondent, and the Tribunal; and
(e) Pursuant to sections 64(1)(b) and 64(1)(c) of the Tribunal Act, the publication and reporting of the hearing of this application, including any evidence given during the hearing, is prohibited.
1. The applicants opposed the Respondent's application. They contend that the principle of open justice and the rules of procedural fairness require that the matter should be heard in their presence and that the orders that the Respondent has sought are not warranted.
2. The Respondent's application came before me for hearing on 26 October 2022. Each of the parties provided submissions in regard to the application. The Respondent relies on the open and confidential evidence of Sergeant Andrew Sweiger.
3. I made an order under section 49 of the Tribunal Act. As a result, the hearing was conducted partly open to the public in the presence of the applicants and their legal representatives and partly in their absence. Sergeant Sweiger attended the open portion of the hearing and was cross-examined. The remainder of the hearing was conducted in the absence of the applicants, the legal representatives of the applicants, and the public ("the Private Hearing").
4. At the conclusion of the Private Hearing, I made the orders under section 59 of the ADR Act and 64 of the Tribunal Act that the Respondent had requested.
5. The applicants have requested reasons for the decision.
The orders under section 49 and 64 of the Tribunal Act
1. The principles involved in relation to the conduct of hearings are well established. As is clear from section 49(1) of the Tribunal Act that a Tribunal hearing is to be open to the public unless the Tribunal orders otherwise. Section 49(2) provides for an exception to the general rule.
2. Senior Member Lucy considered this provision in Grant v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 158, and she stated at paragraphs [18] - [20]:
18. Subsections 49(2) of the NCAT Act, which authorises the holding of private hearings, and s 64(1) of the NCAT Act are to be applied bearing in mind the principle of open justice and the rules of procedural fairness. The general rule is that "[a] hearing by the Tribunal is to be open to the public unless the Tribunal orders otherwise" (NCAT Act, s 49(1)). This provision reflects the principle of open justice (CYL v YZA [2017] NSWCATAP 105 at [96]). As the Appeal Panel has commented, "the ordinary and orthodox rule in the Tribunal is that it sits in the open, the proceedings are public, and its reasons for decision are given publicly, sometimes orally, more commonly in writing" (CYL v YZA [2017] NSWCATAP 105 at [94]).
19. The Tribunal is ordinarily bound by the principles of procedural fairness or natural justice. It "may inquire into and inform itself on any matter in such manner as it thinks fit, subject to the rules of natural justice" (NCAT Act, s 38(2)). Section 64(1)(d) provides an express exception to this, permitting the Tribunal to make an order that evidence be withheld from a party if the Tribunal considers this to be "desirable." The word "desirable" should be interpreted with regard to the basic common law precept of open justice (State of New South Wales (Justice Health) v Dezfouli [2008] NSWADTAP 69 at [61], with reference to the predecessor to s 64(1) of the NCAT Act, being s 75(2) of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (as it was then known)).
20. In Bellamy v Bellamy [2018] NSWSC 534 at [30], Parker J said, with respect to s 64(1)(d):
"Section 64(1)(d) is a provision which applies generally to proceedings in the Tribunal. Most proceedings in the Tribunal are ordinary adversarial proceedings and in those proceedings the rules of natural justice generally apply so as to require the Tribunal to afford various procedural safeguards to the parties. One elementary safeguard is that, except in extraordinary circumstances, the rules of natural justice prevent a party from being deprived of an opportunity to make full submissions on the issues to be decided by not being provided with all of the evidence which is before the Tribunal."
1. Senior Member Lucy also explained her reasoning for departing from the general rule that a hearing by the Tribunal is to be open:
21. In this case, I was satisfied that it was desirable to make an order for a private hearing in relation to the confidential evidence under s 49(2) and to make non-publication and non-disclosure orders under s 64(1)(c) and (d) of the NCAT Act (as set out on the cover page of this decision). This was because (as the respondent's representative said in the open part of the hearing), the evidence revealed the identity of informants, related to current criminal investigations and was otherwise confidential. Further, the proceedings concerned issues of public safety. I considered that the Tribunal should be as well informed as possible when determining an application which may directly affect public safety.
1. Senior Member Lucy gave further consideration to these provisions in Pendrick v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (No 2) [2022] NSWCATAD 27.
2. At paragraphs [40] to [48] she discussed the orders sought and she stated:
40. The Commissioner seeks an order under s 49 of the NCAT Act that the hearing of the Commissioner's application be conducted in the absence of the applicants, their legal representative and the public. The Commissioner also seeks orders, under s 64(1)(b) and (c) of the NCAT Act, that the publication and reporting of the hearing of this application, including any evidence given during the hearing, is prohibited. As I have determined to dispense with a hearing of the application, those orders are unnecessary and I decline to make them.
41. The Commissioner has applied for an order, pursuant to s 64(1)(c) of the NCAT Act, that the publication of the Confidential Material and the Confidential Affidavit, or of matters contained in the Confidential Material and the Confidential Affidavit, is prohibited.
42. The Commissioner has also applied for an order, under s 64(1)(d) of the NCAT Act, that the disclosure of the Confidential Material and the Confidential Affidavit, or of matters contained in the Confidential Material and the Confidential Affidavit, is restricted to the Commissioner, the legal representatives for the Commissioner, and the Tribunal.
43. Subsections 64(1)(c) and (d) of the NCAT Act apply to "evidence given before the Tribunal," and "matters contained in documents lodged with the Tribunal or received in evidence by the Tribunal." The Tribunal has not yet decided what to receive in evidence in the substantive application.
44. The Confidential Material (or matters therein) is probably captured by the expression "matters contained in documents lodged with the Tribunal" in s 64(1)(c). The Confidential Material was itself lodged confidentially with the Tribunal for the purposes of determining the Commissioner's applications (including the application under s 59 of the Administrative Decisions Review Act relieving the Commissioner from an obligation to lodge that material). It may best be characterised as having been lodged with the Tribunal on a provisional or temporary basis, for the purposes of the s 59 application.
45. The Confidential Affidavit is evidence lodged in support of the Commissioner's applications.
46. It is desirable to make orders under s 64(1)(c) and (d) of the NCAT Act prohibiting the disclosure to the applicants and the publication of the Confidential Affidavit. That is desirable because the Confidential Affidavit was filed on a confidential basis in support of the s 59 order, in accordance with the Tribunal's directions. If that affidavit were to be published or made available to the applicants, administrators would be deterred from making similar applications in future. It is desirable that administrators are not discouraged from making applications for non-disclosure, non-publication or non-production orders which they consider to be appropriate and that the supporting evidence remain confidential, irrespective of the outcome of the application.
47. To the extent that the application seeks to prohibit the disclosure of evidence in the substantive application to the applicant and to the public, it is premature. The order sought under s 64(1)(d) of the NCAT Act, precluding the applicants from having access to the Confidential Material, may impact significantly on the Tribunal's obligation to provide the applicants with procedural fairness (NCAT Act, s 38(2)). The Commissioner has submitted that any denial of procedural fairness that would arise from the making of orders under s 64(1) of the NCAT Act "is no reason to avoid making such orders," because s 64(1)(d) "implicitly permits such a denial of procedural fairness: Grant v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 158 at [24]." That is to misstate the position.
48. It may be acknowledged that the making of an order under s 64(1)(d) of the NCAT Act would generally involve a denial of procedural fairness. For that reason, the Tribunal should carefully consider the requirements of procedural fairness, and the impact on an affected party of a denial of procedural fairness, when determining to make an order under that provision. Whether it is "desirable" to make an order under s 64(1) is to be determined with regard to the basic common law precept of open justice (State of New South Wales (Justice Health) v Dezfouli [2008] NSWADTAP 69 at [61], Grant v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 158 at [19]). Whilst the Tribunal has power to make an order under s 64(1)(d) of the NCAT Act which would have the effect of denying a party procedural fairness, "the fundamental principles of open justice and procedural fairness should not readily be displaced" (Bettington v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAP 110 at [41]).
1. At paragraph [128] she stated:
128. There is, in cases of confidential information, often a tension between the requirements of open justice and procedural fairness on the one hand and the public interest in keeping information confidential on the other. Kiefel CJ, Bell and Keane JJ observed, in [HT v The Queen [2019] HCA 40] at [43], that "[i]t should not be assumed that procedural fairness should altogether be denied in order that sensitive information be kept confidential. Just as the principle of open justice has been held to yield to the need to do justice in a particular case, so must the requirements of natural justice in a particular case yield to some extent" (footnote omitted). Their Honours suggested that generally orders can be tailored to meet the competing demands of procedural fairness and confidentiality (HT at [43]). In the same case, Gordon J commented that, if a case for production of confidential material is made, "then a party should have as full a degree of appropriate disclosure as is consistent with adequate protection of any confidential information" (at [76]).
1. Similar considerations are applicable in this matter.
2. Mr Knowles, counsel for the applicants, submitted that the Tribunal should adopt an approach that ensure that the principles of procedural fairness and open justice are preserved to the greatest extent possible. He suggests that these procedures may include:
1. allowing an applicant to cross-examine the deponent of an open affidavit made in support of an application for orders under section 49 or section 64;
2. where practicable, redacting a confidential document, rather than preventing access to it entirely;
3. allowing a party's legal advisors, but not the party itself, access to the documents; or
4. appointing an independent legal counsel to review and make submissions on the documents.
1. In the present matter, I have given consideration to these submissions. As noted, Mr Knowles cross-examined Sergeant Sweiger and I have considered whether confidential documents could be redacted. In the present circumstances I do not consider that the applicants' legal advisors should be provided access to the documents at this stage of the proceedings, however, the parties are able to negotiate on this issue. The appointment of an independent legal counsel is not feasible.
2. For an order to be made under section 49(2) or section 64 of the Tribunal Act, the Tribunal is to be satisfied that it is desirable to do so. This requires that the circumstances should be 'special' or 'out of the ordinary'. They need not be 'exceptional': see the views of the Appeal Panel in State of New South Wales (Justice Health) v Dezfouli [2008] NSWADTAP 69 at paragraphs [81] - [82]. Having reviewed the Confidential Material, I was satisfied that the circumstances of this case are sufficiently special that the making of the orders sought is "desirable".
3. I was satisfied that it was desirable to make an order for a private hearing under section 49(2) of the Tribunal Act to allow consideration of the Confidential Material in order to determine the Respondent's application. This was because of the nature of the Confidential Material. As was the case in Pendrick v Commissioner of Police, the Confidential Material was provided to the Tribunal on a confidential basis for the purposes of determining the Respondent's section 59 application. The confidential evidence was lodged in support of the Respondent's applications. In my view, the circumstances are 'special' or 'out of the ordinary'.
Sergeant Sweiger's evidence
1. Sergeant Sweiger provided both open and confidential evidence. His open evidence is that disclosure of the Confidential Material would or could:
1. alert the Applicants to sensitive information that the Respondent has gathered about them, and persons associated with them;
2. reveal personal and private information of third parties;
3. reveal specific information, the disclosure of which could identify confidential sources of information to law enforcement and place identified persons at risk of harm; and
4. expose police methodology.
1. The applicants have challenged Sergeant Sweiger's evidence and he was cross-examined. The applicants' written submissions in relation to Sergeant Sweiger's evidence contend:
First, it is said that disclosure could alert Applicants to sensitive information that police have gathered about them and their associates. This assertion is inadequate to sustain an order under s 64 of the Tribunal Act. No detail is given of the nature of the information, or the identity of the associates, or the consequences of disclosure. In particular, there is no evidence of any pending investigation by the police which might be compromised by such disclosure.
Secondly, it is said that disclosure could reveal personal and private information of third parties. The obligation to lodge documents under s 58 of the ADR Act (like the obligation to respond to a subpoena) overrides any contrary obligations of privacy or confidentiality. No detail is given of the nature of the information which is sought to be protected. Nor is there any explanation as to why it would not be possible to redact truly sensitive material and produce the remainder.
Thirdly, Sergeant Sweiger claims that disclosure of the information could disclose "confidential sources of information". It may be accepted that there is a public interest in protecting the identity of confidential informers. However, that interest is not absolute. It will not, in all cases, trump the fundamental principles of procedural fairness and open justice. The competing interests must be balanced. In this case. Sergeant Sweiger's open affidavit does not establish that the balance lies in favour of non-disclosure. The evidence is non-specific and formulaic. He also concedes that some or all of the information may already be known or suspected by the Applicants. Nor is it apparent whether he has considered whether the identity of informers might be protected by redacting some or all of the information.
Fourthly, it is asserted that disclosure could "expose police methodology". No detail is given as to the nature of this methodology. It is also important to note what the affidavit does not say. It does not say that the particular methodology is confidential or not widely known. It also does not say that disclosure of the claimed police methodology would have any detrimental effect on the public interest.
The evidence adduced therefore does not justify the unfairness that would be visited on the Applicants if the Tribunal were to make the orders sought by the Commissioner. However, even if some order could be justified, the Tribunal should impose qualifications upon the order to ameliorate the unfairness. … the Tribunal should adopt an approach which favours redaction over complete non-disclosure of documents. Depending on the nature of the confidential documents, it may also be appropriate to allow disclosure to either the Applicant's legal representatives or to a specially appointed independent counsel. If none of these options are available, the fairest course may well be to make an order under s 59 of the ADR Act so that the Tribunal does not take the confidential information into account at all.
1. For the most part, I agree with those criticisms of the open evidence provided by the Respondent. However, as I have indicated, the Respondent also relies on Confidential Material. In the private hearing I identified some material that I consider can be disclosed to the applicants. With the exception of that material, I am satisfied that the criticisms are answered adequately in the Confidential Material and the confidential evidence. In the circumstances I accept the evidence of Sergeant Sweiger.
2. [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
3. [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
4. [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
5. [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
6. The competing interests must be balanced. I agree that the risks that Sergeant Sweiger has identified are real and appreciable and not fanciful. I agree with the Respondent that there is a significant public interest in protecting the confidentiality of Police sources and not disclosing information concerning informants. I also agree that in the circumstances of this matter, there is a significant public interest in protecting the confidentiality of the remainder of the Confidential Material. In my view, the balance lies in favour of non-disclosure of the Confidential Material.
7. Therefore, the requested non-publication and non-disclosure orders under subsections 64(1)(b), (c) and (d) of the Tribunal Act should be made.
Orders
1 Pursuant to section 49 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the hearing of this application is to be conducted in the absence of the Applicant, the legal representatives of the Applicant, and the public ("Private Hearing").
2 Pursuant to section 59 of the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997, the Respondent ('the Commissioner") is not required to lodge copies of the documents or parts of documents ("the Confidential Material") specified in the confidential statement in support of the application and provided to the Tribunal in accordance with the orders of the Tribunal ("the Confidential Statement") other than to the extent identified by the Tribunal.
3 Pursuant to section 64(1)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the publication of the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, or matters contained in the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, is prohibited.
4 Pursuant to section 64(1)(d) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the disclosure of the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, or matters contained in the Confidential Material and the Confidential Statement, is restricted to the Commissioner, the legal representatives for the Commissioner and the Tribunal.
5 Pursuant to sections 64(1)(b) and 64(1)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the publication and reporting of the hearing of this application, including any evidence given during the hearing, is prohibited.
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I hereby certify that this is a true and accurate record of the reasons for decision of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Registrar
I hereby certify that this is a true and accurate record of the reasons for decision of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales.
Registrar
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Decision last updated: 15 December 2022