Dempster v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2024] NSWCATAD 87

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dempster v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2024] NSWCATAD 87 Hearing dates: 15 March 2024 Date of orders: 03 April 2024 Decision date: 03 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Naida Isenberg, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: LICENSING – firearms – resident of NSW Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Firearms Act 1996 Firearms Regulation 2017 Cases Cited: Chudleigh v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 267 McDonald v Director General of Social Security (1984) 1FCR 353 Nakad v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAP 10 Nelson v Commissioner of Police [2012] NSWADT 84 Pang v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2009] NSWADT 11 Shi v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2008] HCA 31 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: James Robert Dempster (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (Self-Represented) McCullough Robertson (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00351788 Publication restriction: nil

REASONS FOR DECISION

Background 1. On 25 June 2023 the Applicant, James Dempster applied for a category AB firearm's licence under the Firearms Act 1996 (the Act). His application was refused on 1 September 2023. That decision was affirmed on internal review. The Applicant now seeks review by this Tribunal.