Ballina Shire Council v Joblin [2022] NSWLEC 90

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ballina Shire Council v Joblin [2022] NSWLEC 90 Hearing dates: 19 April 2022 Date of orders: 22 July 2022 Decision date: 22 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Class 5 Before: Robson J Decision: See orders at [79] Catchwords: LOCAL GOVERNMENT – Powers, functions and duties – Orders – Non-compliance with development control order – Collateral challenge in criminal proceedings – Whether development control order invalid – Whether in-ground swimming pool a "building" – Literal, contextual and purposive approaches to statutory construction – Whether development control order uncertain Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act (NSW), ss 1.4, 9.34, 9.37 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 3, 33, 35 Swimming Pools Act 1992 (NSW), s 3 Cases Cited: Abrams v The Council of the City of Sydney (No 2) [2018] NSWLEC 85 Barclay v Wollongong City Council [2005] NSWLEC 160; (2005) 139 LGERA 167 Bistricic v Rokov (1976) 135 CLR 552 Bobolas v Waverley Council [2012] NSWCA 126; (2012) 187 LGERA 63 Chief Environmental Regulator of the Environment Protection Authority v The Forestry Corporation of New South Wales [2018] NSWLEC 10 Environment Protection Authority v Eastern Creek Operations Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCCA 97; (2022) 251 LGERA 55 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Henderson (1943) 68 CLR 29 Foster v Sutherland Shire Council [2001] NSWLEC 89; (2001) 115 LGERA 130 George v Rockett (1990) 170 CLR 104; [1990] HCA 26 Grajewski v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2017] NSWCCA 251 Gray v Woollahra Municipal Council [2004] NSWSC 112 Hakea Holdings Pty Ltd v Louisiana Properties Pty Ltd (2018) 98 NSWLR 439; [2018] NSWCA 240 J.K. Williams Staff Pty Limited v Sydney Water Corporation [2021] NSWLEC 23; (2021) 249 LGERA 109 Lawson v Minister for Environment & Water (SA) [2021] NSWCA 6; (2021) 246 LGERA 421 Mailey v Sutherland Shire Council [2017] NSWCA 343; (2017) 226 LGERA 188 Manly Council v Leech [2015] NSWLEC 149 McCudden v Cowra Shire Council [2016] NSWLEC 14; (2016) 216 LGERA 219 MLC Properties v Camden Council [1997] NSWLEC 130; (1997) 96 LGERA 52 Mulcahy v Blue Mountains City Council (1993) 81 LGERA 302 Ousley v The Queen (1997) 192 CLR 69; [1997] HCA 49 Royal Motor Yacht Club (Broken Bay) Pty Ltd v Northern Beaches Council [2017] NSWLEC 56 Selby v Pennings (1998) 102 LGERA 253 Snowy Monaro Regional Council v Tropic Asphalts Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCCA 202; (2018) 362 ALR 359 State of New South Wales v Corbett (2007) 230 CLR 606; [2007] HCA 32 Sutherland Shire Council v Benedict Industries Pty Ltd (No 4) [2015] NSWLEC 101 Sydney Seaplanes Pty Ltd v Page (2021) 106 NSWLR 1; [2021] NSWCA 204 The Owners - Strata Plan No. 4983 v Canny [2018] NSWCA 275 Thiele v Commonwealth (1990) 22 FCR 342 Williamson Pty Ltd v Barrowcliff [1915] VLR 450 WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene (2018) 264 FCR 536; [2018] FCAFC 131 Yager v R (1977) 139 CLR 28 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ballina Shire Council (Prosecutor) Nellie Genevieve Joblin (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: L A Walsh (Prosecutor) M Harker (Defendant)