Minister for Home Affairs v Tervonen [2008] FCAFC 24

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Minister for Home Affairs v Tervonen [2008] FCAFC 24 EXTRADITION – notice of receipt of extradition request – subsequent amended notice – primary judge held both notices invalid – primary judge erred in holding the Minister issuing the second notice failed to consider the matter afresh – information before the Minister included a sufficient statement of the respondent's conduct – terms of notice severable

Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 46(2) Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) ss 16, 19

Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427distinguished De Bruyn v Republic of South Africa (1999) 96 FCR 290referred to Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kainhofer (1995) 185 CLR 528referred to Dutton v Republic of South Africa (1999) 162 ALR 625 referred to Foster v Attorney-General (Cth) (1997) 97 A Crim R 560referred to Griffiths v United States of America (2005) 143 FCR 182referred to Guiseppe v Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations (2007) 160 FCR 465 referred to Harris v Attorney-General (Cth) (1994) 52 FCR 386referred to Heslehurst v Government of New Zealand (2002) 117 FCR 104referred to Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298referred to Minister for Natural Resources v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (1987) 9 NSWLR 154 applied Rahardja v Republic of Indonesia [2000] FCA 1297referred to The Queen v Australian Stevedoring Industry Board; Ex parte Melbourne Stevedoring Co Pty Limited (1953) 88 CLR 100referred to Telstra Corporation Limited v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (No 3) [2007] FCA 1905 cited Truong v The Queen (2004) 223 CLR 122applied Williams v Minister for Justice and Customs (2007) 157 FCR 286discussed Vasiljkovic v The Commonwealth (2006) 227 CLR 614referred to Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661cited Zoeller v Federal Republic of Germany (1989) 23 FCR 282 referred to