Thomas v NSW Education Standards Authority [2023] NSWCATAD 41

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Thomas v NSW Education Standards Authority [2023] NSWCATAD 41 Hearing dates: 20 July 2022 and 23 November 2022 Date of orders: 20 February 2023 Decision date: 20 February 2023 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Higgins, Senior Member E Hayes, General Member Decision: (1) The decision of NESA, made on 24 February 2021, is varied by removing the requirement that the Applicant's accreditation is suspended until his name is removed from the Department's Not To Be Published List to a decision that his accreditation is suspended until the date of the publication of this decision. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – teacher accreditation – suspension of accreditation on the grounds of the Department of Education having placed the Applicant's name on the Department's Not To Be Published List – section 24(1)(e)(ii) of the Teacher Accreditation Act 2002 and s 7(1)(e) of the Teaching Service Act 1980 Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Education Standards Authority Act 2013 (NSW) Teacher Accreditation Act 2004 (NSW) Teacher Accreditation Amendment Act 2021 (NSW) Teaching Service Act 1980 (NSW) Teaching Service Regulation 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: Laragy v Victorian Institute of Teaching (Occupation and Business Regulation) [2009] VCAT 2651 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael William Thomas (Applicant) NSW Education Standards Authority (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Fuller for the Respondent