Director-General Department Of Land And Water Conservation v Jackson And Ors [2003] NSWLEC 81

> Reported Decision : 125 LGERA 304

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Director-General Department Of Land And Water Conservation v Jackson And Ors [2003] NSWLEC 81 PROSECUTOR: Director-General Department Of Land And Water Conservation PARTIES : DEFENDANTS: Jackson And Ors FILE NUMBER(S) : 50014; 50015; 50016; 50017; 50018; 50019 of 2002 CORAM: Bignold J KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- clearing native vegetation-Preliminary questions of law whether clearing excluded from operation of Act-whether clearing within statutory exemption conferred by SEPP No 46. LEGISLATION CITED: Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997, s 12(f) Interpretation Act 1987, s 33 Accident Touring and Advisory Committee v Combined Motor Industries Pty Ltd (1987) VR 529; Bermingham v Corrective Services Commission of NSW (1988) 15 NSWLR 292; Gibb v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1966) 118 CLR 628; Jones v Wrotham Park Settled Estates (1980) AC 74; CASES CITED: Kingston v Keprose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 404 at 421; Penrith City Council v Waste Management Authority (1990) 71 LGRA 376; Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell and Co (A Finn) (1980) AC 198; Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL (1999) 102 LGERA 53; Tokyo Mart Pty Ltd v Campbell (1988) 15 NSWLR 275 DATES OF HEARING: 14/03/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/31/2003

PROSECUTOR: Mrs J Kelly, Barrister SOLICITORS State Crown Solicitor LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANTS: Mr J Ayling SC SOLICITORS Kemp Strang