VZ v University of Newcastle [2011] NSWADT 245

VZ v University of Newcastle [2011] NSWADT 245

VZ's internal review request was the email of 28 April 2011, construed by reference to prior correspondence. That request required the agency to consider requested amendments to the academic transcript, including adding ABOR3080 with a Distinction and adding words qualifying the termination notation, but it did not require consideration of deleting the words "candidature terminated by Research Training Committee effective 31 March 2005." Because deletion was outside the scope of the internal review request, reasonably construed, the Tribunal had no jurisdiction to determine that part of the application.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
28 October 2011
Procedural Posture
Application to Review Conduct Under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 / Interlocutory Jurisdiction Issue Determined on the Papers
Outcome
The Tribunal held that it did not have jurisdiction to determine VZ's application that the wording on the transcript be deleted, and directed that the matter be listed for a directions hearing to determine the future course of the application.
Legal Topics
['privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998' 'internal Review' 'tribunal Jurisdiction' 'scope of External Review' 'academic Transcript Amendment']
['privacy Law' 'administrative Law'] ['privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998' 'internal Review' 'tribunal Jurisdiction' 'scope of External Review' 'academic Transcript Amendment']

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Procedural Posture

Application to Review Conduct Under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 / Interlocutory Jurisdiction Issue Determined on the Papers

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Tribunal had jurisdiction to determine VZ's application that wording on his academic transcript be deleted." 'Whether VZ\'s internal review request, reasonably construed, encompassed a request to delete the words "candidature terminated by Research Training Committee effective 31 March 2005" from his academic transcript.']

Ratio Decidendi

VZ's internal review request was the email of 28 April 2011, construed by reference to prior correspondence. That request required the agency to consider requested amendments to the academic transcript, including adding ABOR3080 with a Distinction and adding words qualifying the termination notation, but it did not require consideration of deleting the words "candidature terminated by Research Training Committee effective 31 March 2005." Because deletion was outside the scope of the internal review request, reasonably construed, the Tribunal had no jurisdiction to determine that part of the application.

Court Disposition

The Tribunal held that it did not have jurisdiction to determine VZ's application that the wording on the transcript be deleted, and directed that the matter be listed for a directions hearing to determine the future course of the application.

Orders

  • ["The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to determine VZ's application that 'the wording on the transcript be deleted.'" 'This matter shall be listed for a directions hearing at 2pm on 6 December 2011 at which the future course of the application will be determined.']