DQ -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 215

CITATION: DQ -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 215 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT PARTIES: DQ RESPONDENT Commissioner of Police,New South Wales Police Service FILE NUMBER: 013228 HEARING DATES: 03/05/2002 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 10/29/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 11/01/2002

BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President) APPLICATION: access to documents - adequacy of search - access to documents - law enforcement & public safety - access to documents - personal affairs MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Freedom of Information Act 1989 LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) Beesley v Commissioner of Police [2000] NSWADT 52 Shepherd and Department of Housing, Local Government & Planning [1994] QICmr 7 (18 April 1994) (1994) 1 QAR 464; Ainsworth and Criminal Justice Commission; A and B (third parties) [1999] QICmr 10 (17 December 1999) B -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 168 D v National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children [1978] AC 171 Attorney General for New South Wales v Stuart (1994) 34 NSWLR 667 Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police v McNally (2002) EWCA Civ 14 (25 January 2002) CASES CITED: Re McEneiry and Medical Board of Queensland (1994) 1 QAR 349 at 371 Mauger v Wingecarribee Shire Council [1999] NSWADT 35 McCann v Queensland Police Service (1997) QICmr (10 July 1997) Godwin and Queensland Police Service (1997) QICmr (11 July 1997) Re Anderson (1986) 11 ALD 355 BW v Registrar, New South Wales Medical Board [2002] NSWADT 76 Young v Wicks [1986] 13 FCR 85 Re Colakovski [1991] 29 FCR 429 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: In person RESPONDENT J Waters, barrister ORDERS: 1. Decision under review affirmed.