Department of Education and Training v GA (No.3) [2004] NSWADTAP 50

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION: Department of Education and Training v GA (No.3) [2004] NSWADTAP 50 APPELLANT PARTIES: Department of Education and Training RESPONDENT GA FILE NUMBER: 049024 HEARING DATES: 10/09/2004 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 09/10/2004 DATE OF DECISION: 11/11/2004

GA & Ors v Department of Education and Training, (unreported) 11 June 2003 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Needham J - Judicial Member; Mapperson K - Non Judicial Member CATCHWORDS: jurisdiction - leave to extend to the merits - statutory interpretation MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 023250 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 06/11/2003 LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 CASES CITED: Fitzpatrick -v- Chief Executive Officer, Ambulance Service of NSW [2003] NSWADT 132 (4 June 2003)GL v Director-General, Department of Education and Training [2003] NSWADT 166JD v Director General, NSW Department of Health [2004] NSWADT 7 (revised) APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: S Free, solicitor RESPONDENT In person ORDERS: The decision of the Tribunal that it had jurisdiction in this case to review conduct relating to the collection of any personal information by the Department of Education and Training is set aside. In substitution for that decision the Appeal Panel makes the following decision:The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this case to review conduct relating to the collection of any personal information by the Department of Education and Training.