Minister for the Environment v Ayre Conditioning Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1408

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Minister for the Environment v Ayre Conditioning Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1408 Citation: Minister for the Environment v Ayre Conditioning Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1408

Parties: MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT v AYRE CONDITIONING PTY LTD

File number: VID 591 of 2013

Judge: MORTIMER J

Date of judgment: 20 December 2013

Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — Contraventions of reporting requirements under s 46A of Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995 (Cth) — no pecuniary penalties sought — whether declaratory relief should be granted when compliance subsequently achieved after proceedings commenced but prior to hearing — declarations granted — order made for reduced costs.

Legislation: Clean Energy Act 2011 (Cth) s 100(1) Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 191 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 21 Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995 (Cth) ss 4A, 4B Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995 (Cth) Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 (Cth) ss 3, 8C, 8D, 16, 46A, 56, 65AA, 65AC, 69(2), 69AC Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 40.08 Ozone and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995 (Cth) reg 901 Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Amendment (Various Matters) Regulation 2013 (Cth) Sch 3 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer