Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v Eloss (GD) [2011] NSWADTAP 43

Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v Eloss (GD) [2011] NSWADTAP 43 Hearing dates: 14 September 2011 Decision date: 30 September 2011 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel - Internal Before: Magistrate N Hennessy, Deputy President S Montgomery, Judicial Member P Smith, Non judicial member Decision: 1. Leave is refused for the appeal to extend to the merits of the Tribunal's decision. 2. The Tribunal's decision is affirmed. Catchwords: APPEAL - Freedom of Information Act 1989 (repealed) - whether Tribunal has jurisdiction to make orders about the form in which access to a document should be given - meaning of s 25(1)(b1) - procedural fairness - form of order Legislation Cited: Freedom of Information Act 1989 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Interpretation Act 1987 Cases Cited: Chapman v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police [2004] NSWADT 35 (20 February 2004) Johnston v Commissioner of Police [2009] NSW ADT 181 McGuirk v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2008] NSWADT 328 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Appeal Panel v Director General, Department of Commerce [2008] NSWCA 140 Rittau v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 186 Cheney v Sydney West Area Health Services [2008] NSWADT 29 Ganley v Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service [2009] NSWADT 16 Keen v Telstra Corporation Limited [2006] FCA 834 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Commissioner for the Australian Capital Territory Revenue v Alphaone Pty Ltd (1994) 49 FCR 576 Kioa v West (1985) 149 CLR 550 Texts Cited: Pearce and Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia (7th ed, 2011) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Appellant) Ahmed Eloss (Respondent) Representation: Counsel BD Kaplan (Respondent) Crown Solicitor (Appellant) File Number(s): 119022 Decision under appeal Citation: [2011] NSWADT 97 Date of Decision: 2011-05-06 00:00:00 Before: General Division File Number(s): 103123