Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Kong v Minister for Health [2014] FCAFC 149 Citation: Kong v Minister for Health [2014] FCAFC 149
Appeal from: Kong v Minister for Health [2014] FCA 34
Parties: STEVEN LAP TAK KONG, BRADLEY MATTHEW COLEMAN and PANNET POK v MINISTER FOR HEALTH, PATRICK MAHONY and LIA MAHONY
File number: NSD 168 of 2014
Judges: JACOBSON, LOGAN AND PAGONE JJ
Date of judgment: 20 November 2014
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – appeals and related – statutory interpretation – approval of pharmaceutical benefits – whether appellants entitled to be heard on application as holders of existing approvals when Minister for Health exercising personal discretion pursuant to s 90A of the National Health Act 1953 (Cth) – where nature of interest of appellants purely economic – application of Pharmacy Restructuring Authority v Martin (1994) 53 FCR 589 – whether Minister for Health failed to take into account relevant considerations
Legislation: Constitution s 51 Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth) National Health Act 1953 (Cth) ss 84, 85, 86, 90A, 90D, 99, 99L Pharmaceutical Benefits Act 1947 (Cth) Pharmaceutical Benefits Act 1994 (Cth)
Cases cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Alphapharm Pty Ltd v SmithKline Beecham (Aust) Pty Ltd (1994) 49 FCR 250 Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 Attorney-General (Vic); ex rel Dale v Commonwealth (1946) 71 CLR 237 Bateman's Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council v Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund Pty Ltd (1998) 194 CLR 247 British Medical Association v Commonwealth (1949) 79 CLR 201 Finance Facilities Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1971) 127 CLR 106 Hanna v Minister of Health [2013] FCA 303 Hawker Pacific Pty Ltd v Freeland (1983) 79 FLR 183 Julius v Bishop of Oxford (1880) 5 App Cas 214 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 O'Sullivan v Farrer (1989) 168 CLR 210 Osland v Secretary, Department of Justice (2008) 234 CLR 275 Pharmacy Restructuring Authority v Chatfield (1993) 43 FCR 418 Pharmacy Restructuring Authority v Martin (1994) 53 FCR 589 Plaintiff S10/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2012) 246 CLR 636 Plaintiff M61/2010 v The Commonwealth (2010) 243 CLR 319 Saeed v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010) 241 CLR 252 Saraceni v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2013) 211 FCR 298 Secretary, Department of Justice v Osland [2007] VCSA 96 Smoker v Pharmacy Restructuring Authority (1994) 53 FCR 287 2Day FM Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (NSW) (1989) 20 ATR 1131
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