Hanwood Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v D-G, Dept of Natural Resources [2005] NSWLEC 664

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Hanwood Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v D-G, Dept of Natural Resources [2005] NSWLEC 664

APPLICANT Hanwood Pastoral Co Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Director-General, Department of Natural Resources

FILE NUMBER(S) : 41064 of 2005

CORAM: Cowdroy J

KEY ISSUES: Construction and Interpretation :- construction of Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 - approach to statutory construction - whether development consent of Minister required for clearing of native vegetation - whether consent issued under Pt 4 of the Envrironmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 satisfies s 21 of the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Pt 4, s 4, s 79C, s 81A(3), s 92, s 126 Interpretation Act 1987 s 33, s 34(2) LEGISLATION CITED: Local Government Act 1919 s 331 Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 Pt 2, s 3, s 4, s 5, s 6, s 9, s 10, s 11, s 12, s 14, s 15, s 17, s 21 s 46

Commissioner for Railways (NSW) v Agalianos (1955) 92 CLR 390; Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Proprietary Limited v The Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia (1981) 147 CLR 297 ; Corporate Affairs Commission of New South Wales v Yuill and Others (1991) 172 CLR 319; Director General, Department of Land and Water Conservation v Bailey (2003) 136 LGERA 242; Director-General, Department of Land and Water Conservation v Jackson and Others (2003) 125 LGERA 304; Foodbarn Pty Limited and Others v Solicitor-General (1975) 32 LGRA 157; Harden Bergia Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (2002) 125 LGERA 273; Kingston and Another v Keprose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 404; Logan-Bald Partnership v Byron Shire Council (2002) 123 LGERA 225; CASES CITED: Lyne and Another v Moree Plains Shire Council (1999) 110 LGERA 120; Mills v Meeking & Another (1990) 169 CLR 214 ; Moore and Another v Yarrowlumla Shire Council (2002) 120 LGERA 109; Penrith City Council v Waste Management Authority and Another (1990) 71 LGRA 376; Project Blue Sky Inc and Others v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; R v Lavender (2005) 218 ALR 521; Shire of Perth v O'Keefe and Another (1964) 110 CLR 529; The King v Adams (1935) 53 CLR 563 ; Thompson v His Honour Judge Byrne and Others (1999) 196 CLR 141