Treadwell -v- Director General, Department of Fair Trading [2001] NSWADT 30

CITATION: Treadwell -v- Director General, Department of Fair Trading [2001] NSWADT 30 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Peter Treadwell RESPONDENT Director General, Department of Fair Trading FILE NUMBER: 003239 HEARING DATES: 11/09/00 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 09/11/2000 DATE OF DECISION: 02/22/2001

BEFORE: Britton A - Judicial Member APPLICATION: Home Builder - issue of contractor licence MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Home Building Act 1989 Home Building Regulation 1997 Ghersinich v Building Services Corporation (unreported, 21 October 1992) CASES CITED: Jaques -v- Director-General, Department of Fair Trading [1999] NSWADT 111 Doyle v Commissioner of Police [1999] NSWADT 84 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: In person RESPONDENT A Grey, solicitor ORDERS: 1. The decision of the Director- General of the Department of Fair Trading, to refuse to issue the Applicant a contractor's licence is affirmed

Reasons for Decision 1 This decision concerns an application for a roof plumbers licence. Mr Peter Treadwell, the Applicant in this matter, seeks a review of the decision made by the Director- General, Department of Fair Trading (the Administrator) to refuse to grant him a roof plumbers licence. This decision concerns whether the Administrator in refusing to grant Mr Treadwell's licence, made the correct and preferable decision. 2 On 3 September 1999 Mr Treadwell applied for an individual contractor's licence, in the category of roof plumbing, under s19(1) of the Home Building Act 1989 ( the Act) . By notice, dated 7 June 2000, a delegate of the Administrator advised the Applicant that his application had been refused. An internal review, requested by the applicant, affirmed the original decision. 3 On 13 July 2000, the Applicant filed an application with the Administrative Decisions Tribunal of NSW (the Tribunal) for a review of that decision. 4 The Tribunal has jurisdiction to review the Administrator's decision pursuant to s 38 of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (the Tribunal Act) and s83B(1) of the Act. Relevant Legislative provisions