Hargrave -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service (GD) [2000] NSWADTAP 24

Appeal Panel

CITATION: Hargrave -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service (GD) [2000] NSWADTAP 24 APPELLANT William Leigh Hargrave PARTIES: RESPONDENT Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service FILE NUMBER: 999024 HEARING DATES: 29/02/2000, 12/10/2000 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 10/12/2000 DATE OF DECISION: 12/12/2000

Principal matter DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Davidson R - Judicial Member; Bolt M - Member CATCHWORDS: relevant/irrelevant considerations - statutory interpretation MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 993092 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 09/13/2000 LEGISLATION CITED : Firearms Act 1996 Hargrave v Commissioner of Police [1999] NSWADT 81 Osborne v Commissioner of Police [2000] NSWADTAP 10 Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 CASES CITED: Nicholas v Cmr Corp Affairs [1988] VR 289 (Full Court) Geschke v Del-Monte Furnishers Pty Ltd [1981] VR 856 (Sup Ct Vic, Gobbo J) Bourke v Commissioner of Police [1998] NSWADT 1 Doyle v Commissioner of Police [1999] NSWADT 84; on appeal, [2000] NSWADT 1 Wilson v Commissioner of Police (NSWCA, unreported, 29 July 1994) APPELLANT D Fitzgibbon, barrister (29/02/2000) REPRESENTATION: In person (12/10/2000) RESPONDENT N Marsic, solicitor ORDERS: Decision under appeal affirmed.