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Andrew Douglas McGavigan
Last updated: 2026-10-18T09:48:50.710Z
- Practitioner name
- Andrew Douglas McGavigan
- Name as recorded
- Andrew Douglas McGavigan
- Profession
- Medical practitioner
- Decision date
- 2023-09-13
- Offence category
- Child exploitation material
- Offence
- He accessed and possessed child exploitation material. The tribunal found the conduct was not isolated and went beyond accessing and possessing a substantial quantity of material, and he was sentenced to an immediate term of imprisonment. Pleaded guilty to child exploitation material charges under the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) (ss 474.22, 474.22A, 474.17); immediate imprisonment; registrable under the Child Sex Offenders Registration Act 2006 (SA).
- Outcome
- Reprimanded, registration cancelled, disqualified from applying for registration for 10 years and banned from providing health services; Board's costs. SACAT (Senior Member Rainford, Member Dr Lagana and Member McEntee), deciding on the papers, set a 10-year disqualification rather than a permanent one.
- Outcome type
- Cancelled; disqualified (not permanent)
- Outcome length
- 10 years
- Category
- Not recorded
- Tribunal
- South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Case name
- Medical Board of Australia v McGavigan [2023] SACAT 65
- Citation
- [2023] SACAT 65
- Tribunal decision date
- 2023-09-13
- State
- SA
- Tribunal city
- Not recorded
- National board
- Medical Board of Australia
- Registration status
- Not recorded
- Official outcome (tribunal/board)
- Not recorded
- Source confidence
- Not recorded
- Notes
- Permanently barred: No
Decision-makers
- Senior Member Rainford · · South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Member Dr Lagana · · South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Member McEntee · · South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Sources
https://corrigan.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/sa/SACAT/2023/65.html