Registrar, Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 v Kirk [2020] NSWCATOD 43

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Registrar, Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 v Kirk [2020] NSWCATOD 43 Hearing dates: 26 February 2020 Date of orders: 29 April 2020 Decision date: 29 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: L Pearson, Principal Member Decision: The Tribunal determines to take no action in relation to the referral of the conduct of Douglas Frederick Kirk by the Registrar. Catchwords: CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL – Aboriginal Land Rights Act – local aboriginal land council – Board member – misconduct – referral to Tribunal – disciplinary proceedings Legislation Cited: Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2006 (NSW) Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2014 (NSW) Aboriginal Land Rights Regulation 2014 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) Local Government Amendment (Conduct) Act 2012 (NSW) Cases Cited: Chief Executive, Office of Local Government v Cornish [2018] NSWCATOD 110 CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd (1997) 187 CLR 384 Commissioner of Taxation v Consolidated Media Holdings (2012) 250 CLR 503 Forster v Hunter New England Area Health Service [2010] NSWCA 106 Law Society v Walsh [1997] NSWCA 185 Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 67 ALJR 170 Office of Local Government v Councillor Campbell of Murray Shire Council [2015] NSWCATOD 129 Office of Local Government v Neville [2018] NSWCATOD 31 SZTAL v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 262 CLR 362; [2017] HCA 34 Taylor v Owners –Strata Plan No 11564 (2014) 253 CLR 531; [2014] HCA 9 Wilson v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (2010) 78 NSWLR 704; [2010] NSWCA 198 Texts Cited: NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption, Report on Governance and Regulation in the NSW Aboriginal Land Council Network, (May 2017) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Registrar, Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (Applicant) Douglas Frederick Kirk (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Butt (Applicant)