The privative clause in s 179 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) applies to reviews of police removal orders under Division 1C of the Police Act 1990 (NSW), because s 181G(1) constitutes a sufficiently clear statement picking up the provisions of the IR Act including s 179. Alleged defects in reasoning or failures to give sufficient weight to mandatory considerations, even if they constitute jurisdictional error, do not meet the threshold for the Hickman principle. A statutory requirement to 'have regard to' a specific matter requires the decision-maker to give the matter weight as a fundamental element in the decision-making process.
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