Mehieddine v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2022] NSWCATOD 178

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Mehieddine v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2022] NSWCATOD 178 Hearing dates: 18 February 2022 Date of orders: 8 July 2022 Decision date: 08 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: C Mulvey, Senior Member Decision: The decision of the respondent made on 18 November 2021 is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Home Building Act – Contractor licences – general building work – relevant experience Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Home Building Act 1989 Licensing and Regulation (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 Cases Cited: Sterjovski v Director-General, Department of Transport [2002] NSWADT 10. Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1979] AATA 179; (1979) 46 FLR 409 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ali Mehieddine (Applicant) Commissioner for Fair Trading (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicant (Self-represented) Department of Customer Service - Respondent File Number(s): 2021/00350936 Publication restriction: None

REASONS FOR DECISION

Introduction 1. Mr Mehieddine has applied to the Tribunal for a review of the decision to refuse his application for a contractor's licence in the category of general building work ("licence application"). The Commissioner for Fair Trading, who is the respondent in this matter, refused that licence application because Mr Mehieddine had not demonstrated that he had satisfied the experience requirements and attained a minimum of two years acceptable relevant industry experience in a wide range of building construction work. 2. The respondent affirmed its decision on internal review on 3 December 2021. 3. Mr Mehieddine lodged his application for review in this Tribunal on 10 December 2021. The application has been lodged within the required time.