Medical Council of New South Wales v Smithson

• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Particular administrative bodies
  3. › NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
  4. › Appeal under Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) s 159 against decision of Council under s 150
  5. › Hearing de novo
  6. › Essential task of the Tribunal in such an appeal
  7. › Whether Tribunal required to apply s 150 test standing in shoes of Council
  8. › Whether Tribunal erred by applying fit and proper person test
  9. › Whether Tribunal erred by making determinative findings on merits
  10. › Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), ss 150, 159, 159C
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Protective jurisdiction
  3. › Suspension or conditions of registration to protect public
  4. › Nature of s 150 power as purely protective not disciplinary
  5. › Two independent limbs of s 150(1)
  6. › Whether Tribunal required to consider both limbs
  7. › Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), s 150
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Appeals from administrative tribunals
  3. › Error conceded
  4. › Remittal of matter to Tribunal
  5. › Whether Court should address remaining grounds of appeal
  6. › Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), Sch 5 cl 29

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