National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services Secretariat Limited v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 287

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services Secretariat Limited v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 287

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – whether Directions made by the Minister preventing ATSIC from making grants of money in certain cases are invalid – what constitutes a "general direction"

Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders Commission Act 1989 (Cth) s 3(a), 3(b), 4A, 7(1)(a), 7(1)(f), 7(1)(m), 7(2), 9, 10(1), 11, 11(1), 12, 12(1), 12(4), 13A, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 38, 40(1), 44(5), 45, 51, 61, 74(1), 74(2), 76(1)(b), 119(2), 119A, 119A(2), 119A(4), 119(4), 196(1), Div 9 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth)s 5 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Commonwealth Authorities & Companies Act 1997 (Cth) s 27J, 27K Aboriginal Development Commission Act 1980 (Cth) s 12

Social Security Commissioner v Macfarlane [1979] 2 NZLR 34 referred to Riddell v Secretary, Department of Social Security (1993) 42 FCR 443 contrasted Aboriginal Legal Service v Minister for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders Affairs (1996) 69 FCR 565 applied Bosnjak's Bus Service Pty Ltd v Commissioner for Motor Transport (1970) 92 WN 1003 cited Zayen Nominees Pty Ltd v Minister for Health (1983) 47 ALR 158 cited Aboriginal Development Commission v Hand (1988) 15 ALD 410 referred to Minister for Primary Industries & Energy v Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd (1993) 40 FCR 381 referred to

Macquarie Dictionary (3rd ed)

NATIONAL ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LEGAL SERVICES SECRETARIAT LIMITED v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS & ANOR N 45 OF 2003 HELY J 3 APRIL 2003 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 45 OF 2003

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