Trengrove v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2015] NSWCATOD 131

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Trengrove v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2015] NSWCATOD 131 Hearing dates: 31 August 2015 Decision date: 16 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: J Kelly, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: HOME BUILDING – residential building work - two years' relevant industry experience Legislation Cited: Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) s 20, Sch 1, cll 2 & 3 Home Building Regulation 2004 cl 28(1) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Phillip John Trengrove (Applicant) Commissioner for Fair Trading (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T O Bland (Applicant)

Solicitors: Millards Lawyers (Applicant) Commissioner for Fair Trading (Respondent) File Number(s): 1520046

Judgment

Decision under review 1. Phillip John Trengrove (the applicant) seeks the review of the decision made by a delegate of the Commissioner for Fair Trading, Office of Finance and Services (the respondent) on internal review, to confirm the refusal of his application for an authority under the Home Building Act 1989 (the Act). Although it appears to me that the applicant ticked the box on the application form indicating he was applying for a Qualified Supervisor Certificate for general building work, the original decision-maker, the internal review decision-maker and the parties before me have considered that it was an application for an Individual Contractor Licence. I have therefore proceeded on that basis.