Purvis v Dairy Adjustment Authority [2006] FCAFC 50

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Purvis v Dairy Adjustment Authority [2006] FCAFC 50

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – application pursuant to s 44 of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal – deregulation of dairy industry – two statutory schemes implemented to facilitate financial assistance – claims made under Dairy Structural Adjustment Program Scheme 2000 and Supplementary Adjustment Dairy Assistance Scheme 2001 – applicants granted payment under one scheme but not the other – whether the Tribunal erred in its proper construction of the statutory schemes – 10 questions of law raised on appeal Dairy Produce Act 1986 (Cth) Sch 2, cl 2 Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 44(3) Dairy Industry Act 1992 (SA) Dairy Industry Adjustment Act 2000 (Cth) Dairy Produce Legislation Amendment (Supplementary Assistance) Act 2001 (Cth)

Dairy Structural Adjustment Program Scheme 2000 s 30, 30(3A) Supplementary Adjustment Dairy Assistance Scheme2001 ss 8(4), (5)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv), 13(5), 16

Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 cited Hyundai Automotive Distributors Australia Pty Ltd v Australian Customs Service (1998) 81 FCR 590 cited K & S Lake City Freighters Pty Ltd v Gordon & Gotch Ltd (1985) 157 CLR 309 cited CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd (1997) 187 CLR 384 cited Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 cited

Pearce & Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia (5th Ed, 2001) RONALD PURVIS, KAYLENE PURVIS & ROGER CLARK v DAIRY ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY No SAD 77 of 2005 BLACK CJ, BRANSON & FINN JJ ADELAIDE 23 JANUARY 2006

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY SAD 77 OF 2005

ON APPEAL FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL

BETWEEN: RONALD PURVIS