NEW SOUTH WALES COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT FOR MUHAMMAD IYAZ V/S BUILDING COMMISSION NSW, DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICES CASE

Australia, June 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 9:

1. This is an application by Mr Muhammad Iyaz ("the Applicant") for review of a decision by the Building Commission NSW, Department of Customer Services ("the Building Commission"). The Building Commission's decision was to refuse to grant the Applicant's application for a contractor licence for the category of General Building Work under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) ("the HBA"). The application was refused in accordance with sections 20(1)(a), 20(1A), 33C(1)(b)(i) and 33D(1)(b) of the HBA. The Building Commission has advised that the correct respondent for the purposes of these proceedings is "Secretary, Department of Custo...