Rahman v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 64

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Rahman v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 64 Hearing dates: 25 July 2022 Date of orders: 20 March 2023 Decision date: 20 March 2023 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: K Ransome, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW – revocation of firearms licence – criminal and traffic offences – past conduct – associates – whether fit and proper – public interest Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Firearms Act 1996 Cases Cited: AJO v Director-General of Transport [2012] NSWADT 101 Austin v Commissioner for Fair Trading & Commissioner of Police [2016] NSWCATAP 179 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd v O'Connor and Others (1995) ALR 657 Commissioner of Police v Toleafoa [1999] NSWADTAP 9 Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force v EMB [2021] NSWCATAP 63 Constantin v Commissioner of Police [2013] NSWADTAP 16 Cusumano v Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWADT 50 Dale v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2019] NSWCATAD 134 Hill v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 218 Hughes and Vale Pty Ltd v New South Wales (No. 2) (1955) 93 CLR 127 Kavalieratos v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 117 Keegan Jacques v Commissioner of Police [2017] NSWCATAD 145 Khan v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 20 Kopco v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2018] NSWCATAD 124 Laing v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 315 Martin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 97 Masterson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales [2017] NSWCATAP 206 Petas v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2013] NSWADT 137 Petricevic v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 24 Romanos v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2019] NSWCATAD 272 Smith v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 184 Sobey v Commercial and Private Agents Board (1979) 22 SASR 70 Tannous v Commissioner of Police [2011] NSWADT 116 Ward v Commissioner of Police [2000] NSWADT 28 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Adam Rahman (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Hartmann & Associates (Applicant) Bartier Perry Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2022/00025272 Publication restriction: Section 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 applies to the material filed by the respondent on a confidential basis, to those paragraphs of these reasons identified as [Not for publication], to the evidence given in private before the Tribunal and to the record of that part of the proceedings conducted in private pursuant to s 49. That material is not to be released to either the applicant or to the public.