GGM v Children's Guardian
[2024] NSWCATAD 296
At a glance
Source factsCourt
NCAT Administrative and Equal Opportunity
Decision date
2024-09-30
Before
Emeritus Prof P, Foreman AM
Source
Original judgment source is linked above.
Judgment (26 paragraphs)
Introduction
- The applicant seeks an enabling order under s 28 of the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 (the Act). The respondent refused the applicant a working with children check clearance (WWCCC) because he is a disqualified person under the Act.
- The applicant seeks a finding from the Tribunal that he does not pose a risk to the safety of children. It is presumed that the applicant poses a risk to the safety of children under the Act because he pleaded guilty to the disqualifying offence of film person in private act without consent for which he was sentenced in the Local Court of NSW on 24 March 2017.
- The applicant applied for a WWCCC on 29 February 2024. On 5 March 2024 the respondent notified the applicant that it had refused to grant him a WWCCC because he is a disqualified person under the Act.
- The applicant filed the application with the Tribunal for an enabling order on 11 March 2024.
- The respondent cannot grant a WWCCC to a disqualified person under the Act. The respondent supports the application for an enabling order.
- If the Tribunal makes the enabling order, it may order the respondent to grant the applicant a WWCCC under the Act.
- Due to the sensitive nature of these proceedings, an order was made on 28 March 2024 under subsection 64(1) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (CAT Act) that, with the exception of expert witnesses and officers of government agencies, the publication or broadcast of the name of any person mentioned in these proceedings or referred to in the documentary material lodged in these proceedings is prohibited. To give effect to this order, the pseudonym 'GGM' has been used for the applicant's name and the names of persons (other than expert witnesses and officers of government agencies) have not been disclosed.