Australia, July 28 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 27:
1. This is an application by Mr Omid Khademi ("the Applicant") for review of a decision by a delegate of the Secretary, Department of Customer Services ("the Respondent"). The Applicant applied for a contractor licence in "general building work" under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) ("the HBA"). The delegate decided to refuse to grant the application.
2. Section 20(2) of the HBA permits the Secretary, by notice published in the Gazette, to specify qualifications and experience, or additional standards or other requirements, required to be held or met by an applicant for a contractor licence. The Commissioner of Fair Trading...