O'Connor v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 30

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: O'Connor v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 30 Hearing dates: 21 September 2022 Date of orders: 6 February 2023 Decision date: 06 February 2023 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: Administrative Law – licensing – firearms – licence refusal – public interest Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Firearms Act 1996 Firearms Regulations 2017 Cases Cited: Bladen v NSW Commissioner of Police [2015] NSWCATAD 240 Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd v O'Connor and Others (1995) 131 ALR 657 Constantin v Commissioner of Police [2013] NSWADTAP 16 Cusumano v Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWADT 50 Howison v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 157 Martin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 97 Masterson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales [2017] NSWCATAP 206 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] 297 ALR 225 O'Connor v Commissioner for Police, NSW Police Force [2018] NSWCATAD 290 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28 Ward v Commissioner of Police [2000] NSWADT 28 Webb v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2004] NSWADT 110 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Patrick Pearse O'Connor (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Michael R Coldham & Associates (Applicant) Maddocks Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2022/00115818 Publication restriction: Nil