SAS Trustee Corporation v Rossetti

• 1. Jurisdiction
  2. › Supreme Court of New South Wales
  3. › Statutory jurisdiction
  4. › Review of superannuation trustee decisions
  5. › Whether Supreme Court had jurisdiction to review STC decisions under Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW), s 10B pursuant to Superannuation Administration Act 1996 (NSW), s 88
  6. › Whether jurisdiction vested in District Court pursuant to Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW), s 21(1)
  7. › Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW), ss 10B, 21
  8. › Superannuation Administration Act 1996 (NSW), ss 67, 88
• 1. Statutes
  2. › Interpretation
  3. › Bifurcated scheme for review of decisions
  4. › Compensation function and pension function
  5. › Use of legislative history and second reading speeches
  6. › Whether 'a decision made by STC on a matter that arises under this Act by reason of a member of the police force being hurt on duty' encompasses decisions on capacity to discharge duties as precondition to hurt on duty determination
  7. › Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW), s 21(1)(a)
• 1. Employment and Industrial Law
  2. › New South Wales
  3. › Members of Police Force hurt on duty
  4. › Review of compensation claims
  5. › Whether jurisdiction to review formerly vested in Industrial Court now vested in Supreme Court
  6. › Whether jurisdiction to review vested in District Court
  7. › Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW), s 21
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Jurisdiction
  3. › Duty of court to determine jurisdictional question
  4. › Whether court must address jurisdictional issue not raised by parties
  5. › Parties cannot confer jurisdiction by consent

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