Smith v New South Wales Police Force [2015] NSWCATAD 32

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Smith v New South Wales Police Force [2015] NSWCATAD 32 Hearing dates: 4 February 2015 Decision date: 06 March 2015 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: J McAteer, Senior Member Decision: 1. Pursuant to section 101 (4) of the GIPA Act, I extend time to filing the application until 5:00pm 21 July 2014

2. The decision of the Agency is affirmed. Catchwords: Government Information Public Access Act – Reveal information – personal information – meaning of disclosure – lawfully disclosed – prejudice supply of confidential information Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Freedom of Information Act 1989 Cases Cited: Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1979] AATA; (1979) 46 FLR 409 Mannix v Department of Education and Communities [2014] NSWCATAD 35 Commissioner of Police NSW Police Force v Camilleri [2012] NSWADTAP 19 Nature Conservation Council of NSW v Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services [2012] NSWADT 195 Flack v Commissioner of Police [2011] NSWADT 286 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Theodore Smith (Applicant) Commissioner of Police NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: T Smith (Applicant in person) Sparke Helmore Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 1410386 Publication restriction: Section 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 applies to those paragraphs of these reasons identified as '[not for publication]'. Those paragraphs are not to be released to the Applicant or the public.