Employment permit refusal overturned due to lack of discretionary consideration

High Court quashes a decision to refuse a general employment permit for a tattoo artist, finding that the reviewing officer failed to exercise appropriate discretion and did not engage with the applicant's submissions. The original refusal, based on the classification of the occupation under an ineligible category according to the Standard Occupational Classification system, was deemed to have been treated as binding and determinative, without proper discretionary judgment. The matter has been remitted for reconsideration by a different officer.