Administration of Norfolk Island v Ryan [2007] NFSC 5

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORFOLK ISLAND

Administration of Norfolk Island v Ryan [2007] NFSC 5 TELECOMMUNICATIONS – internet access services – notice to remove or deconfigure dish under s 6B Telecommunications Act 1992 (NI) – aim and object of the Act – whether Commonwealth Telecommunications Act extends to Norfolk Island – whether inconsistency between Commonwealth Act and Norfolk Island Act – whether dish configured for the purpose of transmitting or receiving any telecommunications – operation, composition and purpose of the dish – whether radio waves radiocommunications or telecommunications – whether signals guided or unguided – interpretation of s 6B – whether apply a strict interpretation approach. WORDS & PHRASES – 'telecommunications services' – 'guided' – 'unguided' – 'line' – 'radiocommunications' – 'satellite dish' – 'configured'

Norfolk Island Act 1979 (Cth) ss 5, 20 Radiocommunications Act 1992 (Cth) s 15 Radiocommunications Act 1983 (Cth) Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) Telecommunications Act 1989 (Cth) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 44D, 151AK Telecommunications Act 1992 (NI) ss 2(a), 5, 6B, 11, 13

Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Cited Ex Parte Fitzgerald; Re Gordon (1945) 45 SR (NSW) 182 Referred to Krakouer v R (1998) 194 CLR 202 Applied R v Lavender (2005) 222 CLR 67 Considered ADMINISTRATION OF NORFOLK ISLAND v ROBERT RYAN TRADING AS NORFOLK ISLAND DATA SERVICES SC 4 OF 2006

KIEFEL J

12 JUNE 2007

BRISBANE (VIA VIDEO LINK) (heard on norfolk island) IN THE supreme COURT of norfolk island

norfolk island district registry SC 4 OF 2006

between: ADMINISTRATION OF NORFOLK ISLAND

PLAINTIFF

and: ROBERT RYAN TRADING AS NORFOLK ISLAND DATA SERVICES

DEFENDANT

JUDGE: KIEFEL J DATE OF ORDER: 12 JUNE 2007

WHERE MADE: BRISBANE (VIA VIDEO LINK) (heard on norfolk island)