Lo v Director General, Department of Transport (GD) [2002] NSWADTAP 39

Appeal Panel

CITATION: Lo v Director General, Department of Transport (GD) [2002] NSWADTAP 39 APPELLANT PARTIES: Kwai Hung Lo RESPONDENT Director General, Department of Transport FILE NUMBER: 029034 HEARING DATES: 31 October 2002 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 10/31/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 11/27/2002

Lo v Director General, Department of Transport [2002] NSWADT 101 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Goode P - Judicial Member; Bolt M - Member CATCHWORDS: statutory interpretation - refusal to receive evidence MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 023094 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 06/18/2002 LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Passenger Transport Act 1990 Farquharson v Director-General, Department of Transport [1999] NSWADT 53 Commissioner for Motor Transport v Darcy Francis Leo 10 September 1986, unreported Sterjovski v Director-General, Department of Transport [2002] NSWADT 10 CASES CITED: Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp [1948] 1 KB223 Re T and Director of Youth and Community Services [1980] 1 NSWLR 392 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Hughes and Vale Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales (1955) 93 CLR 127 APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: B Murphy, barrister RESPONDENT A Wozniak, solicitor ORDERS: 1. Appeal dismissed; 2. Decision under appeal affirmed.