Ferns v NSW Department of Corrective Services (GD)

[2008] NSWADTAP 37

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION:	Ferns v NSW Department of Corrective Services (GD) [2008] NSWADTAP 37 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the decision for a list of the amendments.
PARTIES:	APPELLANT Helen Ferns RESPONDENT NSW Department of Corrective Services
FILE NUMBER:	089004
HEARING DATES:	13 June 2008
SUBMISSIONS CLOSED:	13 June 2008
DATE OF DECISION:	13 June 2008
BEFORE:	O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Fitzgerald K - Judicial Member; Blake C - Non Judicial Member
CATCHWORDS:	Order by consent
MATTER FOR DECISION:	Principal matter
DECISION UNDER APPEAL:	Ferns v NSW Department of Corrective Services [2007] NSWADT 293
FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL:	073112
DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL:	12/13/2007
LEGISLATION CITED:	Freedom of Information Act 1989
CASES CITED:	N/A
REPRESENTATION:	APPELLANT In person RESPONDENT T Anderson, barrister
ORDERS:	Order by consent: (a) That the words ‘in excess of 60’ be replaced by the word ‘38’ in the letter of Acting Commissioner Luke Grant to the NSW Ombudsman dated 24 January 2007 (b) A notation to be inserted alongside the amendment identified in paragraph (a) above on all paper copies of the document and as a footnote on electronic copies stating that the ADT Appeal Panel has ordered the amendment as it was found to be incorrect and misleading (c) A copy of the amended document to be forwarded to the NSW Ombudsman within 28 days and a copy of that correspondence to be provided to the Appellant at the same time.

[These consent orders were made under s 86 of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 , as agreed by the parties prior to the hearing. There was no substantive consideration of the reasoning of the decision under appeal.]

Order by consent:

(a) That the words ‘in excess of 60’ be replaced by the word ‘38’ in the letter of Acting Commissioner Luke Grant to the NSW Ombudsman dated 24 January 2007

(b) A notation to be inserted alongside the amendment identified in paragraph (a) above on all paper copies of the document and as a footnote on electronic copies stating that the ADT Appeal Panel has ordered the amendment as it was found to be incorrect and misleading

(c) A copy of the amended document to be forwarded to the NSW Ombudsman within 28 days and a copy of that correspondence to be provided to the Appellant at the same time.

02/07/2008 - Amendment to Catchword - Paragraph(s) Coversheet