Saleam v Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages [2003] NSWADT 79

CITATION: Saleam v Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages [2003] NSWADT 79 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT PARTIES: James Saleam RESPONDENT Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages FILE NUMBER: 023290 HEARING DATES: 21st March 2003 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 05/20/2003 DATE OF DECISION: 05/26/2003

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President) APPLICATION: Births, Deaths & Marriages Act - grant of application to search Register MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal Matter Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Births Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Privacy & Personal Information Protection Act 1998 State Records Act 1998 Drake and Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (No 2) (1979) 2 ALD 634 Attorney General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR Khan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs Carroll v Sydney City Council (1989) 15 NSWLR 541 Sean Investments Pty Ltd v MacKellar (1981) 38 ALR 363 at 375 CASES CITED: The Queen v Toohey; Ex parte Meneling Station Pty Ltd (1982) 158 CLR 327 Department of Defence v Jodette Margaret Fox (1997) 3 FCA McPhee v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1998) 16 ALD Samad v District Court of New South Wales (2002) 189 ALR Commonwealth v Baume (1905) 2 CLR 405 Beckwith v R (1976) 12 ALR Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 153 ALR APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: In Person RESPONDENT S Free, Solicitor ORDERS: 1. The decision of the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages not to search the Register for the registrable event requested by the applicant is affirmed.