Australia, Feb. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Jan. 14:
1. Mr Adam Fong (the Applicant) made an application under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) (HB Act) for an individual contractor licence (the Licence Application). Contractor licences are granted by the Secretary as defined by the HB Act. The application was refused. The refusal was subsequently affirmed after an internal review.
2. The Applicant has now made an application seeking an administrative review by the Tribunal of the decision to refuse the Licence Application (this Review Application).
3. The named Respondent for this Review Application is the Secretary of the Department of Customer Service. However, when the Lic...