Commissioner for Fair Trading v Cruz [2009] NSWADTAP 51

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION: Commissioner for Fair Trading v Cruz [2009] NSWADTAP 51

APPELLANT Commissioner for Fair Trading

PARTIES: FIRST RESPONDENT Adriana Cruz

SECOND RESPONDENT Stephen Preston

FILE NUMBER: 099017

HEARING DATES: 18 August 2009

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 25 August 2009

DATE OF DECISION: 16 September 2009

BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Montgomery S - Judicial Member; Bolt M - Non-Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: Jurisdiction – Disciplinary Action – Whether Reprimand Reviewable by Tribunal – Statutory Construction – Not Reviewable – Home Building Act 1989, ss 62, 83B

DECISION UNDER APPEAL: Metro Windows Pty Ltd & ors v Commissioner for Fair Trading, NSW Office of Fair Trading [2009] NSWADT 60

FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 083258

DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 03/23/2009

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Home Building Act 1989 Home Building Regulation 2004 Interpretation Act 1987

Commissioner for Fair Trading v Awadallah [2006] NSWADTAP 31 Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council [2006] NSWCA 155 Furci & Ors v Director-General, Department of Fair Trading [2003] NSWADT 53 Hall v Jones (1942) 42 SR (NSW) 203 Macerola v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2007] NSWADT 144 CASES CITED: Metro Windows Pty Ltd & Ors v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2009] NSWADT 60 Minister for Fisheries v Oliver & Thomson; Minister for Fisheries v Rouse; Minister for Fisheries v Picton [2002] NSWADTAP 43 MJB Constructing Pty Ltd v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2008] NSWADT 97 New South Wales Department of Primary Industries v Musumeci & Ors [2009] NSWADTAP 7 Taylor v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2006] NSWADT 48 Transport Accident Commission v Treloar [1992] 1 VR 447 Uzelac v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2004] NSWADT 34