NTL Australia Pty Ltd v Minister for Land and Water Conservation [2001] NSWLEC 5

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : NTL Australia Pty Ltd v Minister for Land and Water Conservation [2001] NSWLEC 5 APPLICANT NTL Australia Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT Minister for Land and Water Conservation FILE NUMBER(S) : 30061 of 1999 CORAM: Pearlman J KEY ISSUES: Jurisdiction :- s 19 - s 16(1A) ancillary - permissive occupancy - legal characterisation - whether revoked - statutory construction Crown Lands (Continued Tenures) Act 1989 Crown Lands Act 1989 LEGISLATION CITED: Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913 s 136K Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 16(1A), s 19 National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998 Barrow and Anor v Brooksby (1958) 37 LVR 14; Butland v Cole (1995) 87 LGERA 122; Commissioner of Taxation v Cooling (1990) 22 FCR 42; Duncan v Moore and Ors (1999) 103 LGERA 312; Figgis & Jefferson Pty Ltd v Mosman Municipal Council (1993) 81 LGERA 423; Hepples v Commissioner of Taxation (1990) 22 FCR 1; Kingston and Anor v Keprose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 404; Minister for Minerals and Energy v Vaughan-Taylor and Anor (1991) 73 LGRA 115; CASES CITED: Minister for Natural Resources v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council and Anor (1987) 9 NSWLR 155; Mitchell v Waugh and Anor (1993) 82 LGERA 44; N Stephenson Pty Ltd v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (1994) 83 LGERA 248; National Parks and Wildlife Service and Anor v Stables Perisher Pty Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 573; Nelson v Ballina Shire Council (1993) 80 LGERA 271; Nix and Dunn v Pittwater Council (1994) 84 LGERA 199; Re Davis & Co, ex p Rawlings (1889) 22 QBD 193; Southern Estates Pty Ltd v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (1991) 24 NSWLR 320; The Queen v Toohey and Anor, ex p Meneling Station Pty Ltd and Ors (1983) 158 CLR 327 DATES OF HEARING: 15/11/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/23/2001