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The following was provided by NSW Police under Freedom of Information: NSW Police Force is not a legal entity but is a collection of persons either appointed to statutory office or employed in the service of the Crown for the performance of the agency’s functions when the agency engages in legal relationships, such as procurement, Read More …
Reasons to lodge an objection You may object if: you believe your land value is too high or too low the area, dimensions or description of the land are incorrect the valuations are incorrectly apportioned we should have valued the land separately we should have valued the land with other land concessions or allowances are Read More …
In New South Wales, the criminal law allows a conviction or sentence to be reconsidered in certain circumstances. The primary way this happens is through an appeal to a court. Apart from an appeal, a conviction or sentence may be reviewed in New South Wales under the procedures set out in the Crimes (Appeal and Read More …
The Director of Fines Victoria’s internal review oversight function set out in Part 3A of the Infringements Act 2006. Clear, concise, and accurate information should be provided to applicants at all stages of the internal review process. At the pre-review stage, fine recipients should be informed of their right to internal review. Enforcement agency websites Read More …
Each State has a spent convictions scheme to render an offence older than 10 years of no effect. This can allow you to again travel overseas or start a job in a new industry as there is no requirement to disclose a spent conviction. Additionally it is an offence to discriminate against someone with a Read More …
New South Wales v Ibbett [2006] HCA 57 involved particularly objectionable behaviour by two police officers who decided to go in “hot pursuit” of Warren Ibbett (who had previously served time for drug-related offences.) The officers saw Warren driving but had no other reason to suppose he was in possession of drugs. Nevertheless they pursued him at high Read More …
During the COVID-19 pandemic on the 24 August 2021 police attended a NSW property based information received at Lismore Police Station which suggested that the owner might be seeking to have pamphlets printed in relation to organising a public gathering or protest on 31 August 2021. Police were concerned that if a public gathering or protest Read More …
How is it that the sheriff in NSW has any power if the empowering instrument creating the Sheriffs function ceases to have effect? Where is the power to override the prerogative instrument of the King within Australia’s Constitutional Monarchy? A Brief History of the Charter. As a result of the criticisms of the existing judicial Read More …
Millions of dollars worth of fines issued to thousands of people in NSW for breaching COVID-19 restrictions are being withdrawn by the state’s revenue agency. NSW Revenue says 33,121 fines will be withdrawn following a landmark decision in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. A total of 62,138 COVID-19 related fines were issued in NSW over Read More …
