Babington v Commonwealth of Australia [2016] FCAFC 45

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Babington v Commonwealth of Australia [2016] FCAFC 45 File number: NSD 272 of 2015

Judges: KENNY, PERRAM, ROBERTSON, GRIFFITHS AND PERRY JJ

Date of judgment: 21 March 2016

Catchwords: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW– fisheries – regulation – powers of State Parliament – extra-territorial regulation – inconsistency with Commonwealth laws

Legislation: Australia Act 1986 (Cth) s 2 Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 (Cth) s 5 Constitution ss 51(x), 52, 109 Constitution Act 1902 (NSW) s 5 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) s 17 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 25(6) Fisheries Act 1952 (Cth) Fisheries Management Act 1991 (Cth) Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW) Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Part 10 Marine Estate Management Act 2014 (NSW) Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 (Cth) Sch 2 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (No GN 2, 16 January 1991) p 225 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) Fisheries Management (Abalone Share Management Plan) Regulation 2000 (NSW) Marine Estate Management (Management Rules) Regulation 1999 (NSW)

Cases cited: Alcock v Commonwealth (2013) 210 FCR 454 Attorney-General (NSW) v Brewery Employees Union (NSW) (1908) 6 CLR 469; [1908] HCA 94 Carr v Fracis Times & Co [1902] AC 176 Commonwealth v Yarmirr (2001) 208 CLR 1 Macleod v Attorney-General (NSW) [1891] AC 455 New South Wales v Commonwealth (1975) 135 CLR 337 Pearce v Florenca (1976) 135 CLR 507 Port MacDonnell Professional Fishermen's Association Inc v South Australia (1989) 168 CLR 340 Re Patterson; ex parte Taylor (2001) 207 CLR 391; [2001] HCA 51 Union Steamship Co of Australia v King (1988) 166 CLR 1 Quick J and Garran R, The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth (Legal Books 1976 reprint)