Attorney General for New South Wales v FJG

• 1. Statutory Interpretation
  2. › Power to correct register of births, deaths and marriages
  3. › Registration of marriages
  4. › Whether power to correct extends to reflecting subsequent changes of name and sex
  5. › Interaction between State and Commonwealth registration schemes
  6. › Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (NSW), s 45
  7. › Marriage Act 1961 (Cth), ss 50, 51
• 1. Constitutional Law (Cth)
  2. › Inconsistency
  3. › Section 109 of the Constitution
  4. › State and Commonwealth legislation concerning registration of marriages
  5. › Whether State power to correct register inconsistent with Commonwealth marriage certificate provisions
  6. › Whether issue arises on proper construction of State Act
• 1. Jurisdiction
  2. › State tribunals
  3. › Federal jurisdiction
  4. › Whether NCAT proceedings involved exercise of federal jurisdiction
  5. › Whether merits review of administrative decision constitutes a 'matter' within Ch III of the Constitution
  6. › Incidental jurisdiction to determine own jurisdiction
  7. › Power to refer questions of law to Supreme Court
  8. › Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), s 54
  9. › Citta Hobart Pty Ltd v Cawthorn [2022] HCA 16
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Merits review
  3. › Births, deaths and marriages registration
  4. › Review of Registrar's decision to refuse correction of Register
  5. › Whether correction power extends beyond ensuring accord with official certificate of marriage

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