Osborne -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service (GD) [2000] NSWADTAP 10

Appeal Panel

CITATION: Osborne -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service (GD) [2000] NSWADTAP 10 APPLICANT Leslie Paul Osborne PARTIES: RESPONDENT Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service FILE NUMBER: 999023 HEARING DATES: 15/03/2000 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 03/15/2000 DATE OF DECISION: 07/10/2000

Principal Matter DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Davidson R - Judicial Member; Bolt M - Member CATCHWORDS: no question of law identified - statutory interpretation MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal Matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 993093 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 09/13/1999 LEGISLATION CITED : Firearms Act 1966 Osborne v Commissioner of Police [1999] NSWADT 86 Mayhew v A [1999] NSWADT 1 R v A & B [1999] NSWADT 2 Woodside v Director General, Department of Community Services [2000] NSWADT 8 Valentine v Eid (1992) 27 NSWLR 615 Murphy & anor v Various Respondents (1997) ASC Mills v Meeking (1990) 91 ALR 16 CASES CITED: Miller v Commonwealth (1904) 1 CLR 668 Wacal Developments Pty Ltd v Realty Development Pty Ltd (1978) 20 ALR 621 Kingston v Kenrose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 404 R v Young (1999) 46 NSWLR 681 Pearce & Geddes, ch 2; Halsbury, Laws of Australia, vol 24 Saraswati v R (1991) 172 CLR 1 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Fed Cmr Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297 Oxley & Anor v Imperial Charter Pty Ltd (1996) NSW Conv R para 55-783 at pp 56,008-9 (NSW Commercial Tribunal) REPRESENTATION: P Naughtin, barrister G Doherty, solicitor ORDERS: The decision under appeal is affirmed.