Covid Safe Schools Inc v NSW Ministry of Health [2023] NSWCATAD 293

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Covid Safe Schools Inc v NSW Ministry of Health [2023] NSWCATAD 293 Hearing dates: 6 October 2023 Date of orders: 7 November 2023 Decision date: 07 November 2023 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: J D Little, Senior Member Decision: (1) Set aside the decisions and remit the matter for reconsideration. (2) With respect to the reconsideration, the Applicant is to be given a reasonable opportunity to amend his application pursuant to s 60(4) of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Government Information (Public Access) Act – GIPA – Decision that information not held – Decision that information publicly available – Decision to refuse to deal with application – Remittance to the agency Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Cases Cited: Dibb v Transport for NSW [2022] NSWCATAD 398 Evans v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2022] NSWCATAD 307 Ooi v Ministry of Health [2023] NSWCATAD 107 Redfern Legal Centre v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 288 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Covid Safe Schools Inc (Applicant) NSW Ministry of Health (Respondent) Representation: The People's Solicitors (Applicant) Crown Solicitor (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00172579 Publication restriction: None