Byron Pirola v City of Canada Bay Council [2006] NSWLEC 36

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Byron Pirola v City of Canada Bay Council [2006] NSWLEC 36

APPLICANT PARTIES : Byron Pirola RESPONDENT City of Canada Bay Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 11277 of 2005

CORAM: Jagot J

Practice and Procedure :- Preliminary question in merit appeal - when appropriate KEY ISSUES: Words and phrases:- meaning of "circumstances that the principal certifying authority considers were unavoidable" Occupation certificate - failure to appoint principal certifying authority

Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2005 cl 6(1) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Pt 4A, s 4(1), s 81A, s 109C, s 109D, s 109E , s 109H, s109K, s 109M, s 149A, Sch 6, cl 72, cl 74 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Quality of Construction) Act 2003 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 149, cl 151(1)(c)(ii), cl 162A, cl 162B, cl 162C Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 17(d), s 39(2)

Austcorp No. 459 Pty Ltd v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2003] NSWLEC 318; Australian Gas Light Co v Valuer-General (1940) SR (NSW) 126 ; Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 ; CASES CITED: Delbant Pty Limited v North Sydney Council [2005] NSWLEC 657; Fernance Family Holdings Pty Ltd v Newcastle City Council (2000) 110 LGERA 66 ; Hope v Bathurst City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1 ; Marvan Properties Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council (2005) 138 LGERA 1; Radstock Co-operative & Industrial Society v Norton-Radstock Urban District Council [1968] 1 Ch 605