NCAT Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division — Application/Appeal

Issuing authority

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) — Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division

Official source

How to apply

1. Confirm your matter falls within the division's jurisdiction — administrative review of NSW government decisions (access to information, privacy, community services, state revenue, victim payments) or an anti-discrimination complaint referred by the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board.
2. Download or complete the 'Administrative review application' form (PDF) from the NCAT Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division forms page.
3. If you need to halt a government decision while your matter is heard, also complete and file a 'Stay or interim order application' at the same time.
4. If a third party is affected and needs to be included, complete and file the 'Application to be joined as party' form.
5. Gather supporting documents: the decision letter from the agency, any relevant correspondence, and identification.
6. Lodge your completed application with NCAT Registry — online via the NCAT Online case management portal, by post, or in person at a registry office — and pay the applicable filing fee (fee waiver available for eligible applicants).
7. NCAT will serve a copy of your application on the relevant government agency or respondent and issue a hearing date.
8. Attend any scheduled directions hearings or conciliation sessions as directed by NCAT.
9. If you wish to appeal an NCAT decision within this division to the NCAT Appeal Panel, use the 'External appeal form' (PDF) from the same forms page.

Related topics

Related forms

• Commonwealth Ombudsman Complaint
• Anti-Discrimination Complaint (Federal — AHRC)
• Privacy Complaint (OAIC)
• Police Misconduct Complaint (VIC — IBAC)
• Police Misconduct Complaint (NSW — LECC)