Hanna -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 32

CITATION: Hanna -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 32 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT Fikri Hanna PARTIES: RESPONDENT Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service FILE NUMBER: 993235 HEARING DATES: 14/02/00 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 02/28/2000 DATE OF DECISION: 03/29/2000

BEFORE: Hennessy N (Deputy President) APPLICATION: Security Industry Act - security industry licence - revocation or suspension of licence - Security industry licence - revocation or suspension of licence MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Security Industry Act 1997 Fenton -v- Commissioner of Police 2000 NSWADT 16 (23 February 2000) CASES CITED: Derisi -v- Vaughan [1983] 3 NSWLR 17 Botros -v- Commissioner of Police [2000] NSWADT 6 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: In Person RESPONDENT Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service ORDERS: 1. Decision of the Commissioner of Police to revoke the applicant's licence is affirmed.

Introduction 1 On 11 June 1999 Mr Hanna was notified by the Security Industry Registry attached to the Police Service that his security licence had been revoked because he had been convicted of a prescribed offence involving fraud, dishonesty or stealing. Mr Hanna had been convicted of larceny for which he was fined $800 on 15 March 1999. 2 At Mr Hanna's request the Commissioner conducted an internal review of this decision. On 15 September 1999 the Commissioner notified Mr Hanna that the original decision was affirmed for the same reason. 3 On 11 October 1999 Mr Hanna lodged an application with the Tribunal seeking a review of the decision of the Police Commissioner to revoke his security licence. 4 On 27 January 2000 the Commissioner filed an Amended Statement of Reasons changing the basis of his decision to revoke Mr Hanna's licence. The amended reasons relied on three grounds for revoking the licence: + that Mr Hanna was no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence; + that it would not be in the public interest for Mr Hanna to continue to hold a licence; and + the Commissioner would be required to refuse Mr Hanna a licence if he was applying for a licence. Legislation