Australia, Sept. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 8:

1. This appeal concerns the Appellant's application for a firearms licence. The appeal involves consideration of provisions of the Firearms Act 1996 (NSW), the Firearms Regulation 2017 (NSW) and the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW).

2. The Appellant appeals a decision (which we will refer to as the Decision), published on 13 January 2025, the effect of which was to determine that the Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to review the decision of the Respondent to prohibit the Appellant from having a firearms licence.

3. The Decision also determined, that if, contrary to the determination that the Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to rev...