Hariz v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 99

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hariz v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 99 Hearing dates: On the papers and 29 September 2022 Date of orders: 21 April 2023 Decision date: 21 April 2023 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Higgins, Senior Member Decision: (1) A hearing of the applicant's applications is dispensed with under s 50(2) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013. (2) In application file number 2020/00062669 – the decision of the respondent made on 17 January 2020 that the applicant's January 2020 access application is an invalid application is affirmed. (3) In application file number 2020/00193295 – the decision of the respondent, made on 24 April 2020, is set aside and in substitution thereof a decision that the applicant's April 2020 access application is an invalid application is made Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – access to government information – invalid application for access – access application failed to include such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the government information applied for to be identified – Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 s 41(1)(e) Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Cases Cited: Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v Camilleri (GD) [2012] NSWADTAP 19 Commissioner of Police v Danis [2017] NSWCATAP 7 Colefax v Department of Education and Communities (No 2) [2013] NSWADT 130 Department of Communities and Justice v Zonnevylle [2020] NSWCATAP 126 Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2021] NSWCATAP 310 Ruyters v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 223 Zonnevylle v Department of Education and Communities [2016] NSWCATAD 49 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Raed Hariz (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: B Hoyles (Guardian ad Litem) (Applicant) Crown Solicitor (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00062669; 2020/00193295 Publication restriction: Nil