RCM Constructions Pty Limited & Maycot Pty Limited v Ryde City Council [2004] NSWLEC 266

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : RCM Constructions Pty Limited & Maycot Pty Limited v Ryde City Council [2004] NSWLEC 266 APPLICANTS: RCM Constructions Pty Limited & Maycot Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Ryde City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 11493 of 2003 CORAM: Lloyd J Existing Use Rights :- classification of use - remanufacturing industry - sawmill - no lawful commencement KEY ISSUES: Construction and Interpretation: - statutory construction - inference from words of non-inclusion LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 Pt 6 r 1(1) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 76B and s 106 Ashfield Municipal Council v The Australian College of Physical Education (1992) 76 LGRA 151; Australian Central Credit Union v Corporate Affairs Commission (SA) (1985) 39 SASR 169; Baulkham Hills Shire Council v O'Donnell (1990) 69 LGRA 404; Berowra RSL v Hornsby Shire Council (2001) 114 LGERA 345; Bob Blakemore Pty Ltd v The Anson Bay Company (Australia) Pty Limited, NSWCA, Clarke, Priestley and Meagher JJA, 23 March 1990, unreported; CB Investments Pty Ltd v Colo Shire Council (1981) 41 LGRA 270; Corporate Affairs Commission (SA) v Australian Central Credit Union (1985) 157 CLR 201; Dorrestijn v South Australian Planning Commission (1985) 59 ALJR 105; Dosan Pty Ltd v Rockdale City Council (2001) 117 LGERA 363; Doyle v Newcastle City Council (1990) 71 LGRA 55; CASES CITED: Eaton & Sons Pty Ltd v Warringah Shire Council (1972) 129 CLR 270; Egan v Hawkesbury City Council (1993) 79 LGERA 321; Foodbarn Pty Ltd v Solicitor-General (1976) 32 LGRA 157; Hawkesbury Shire Council v Mitchell (1988) 64 LGRA 235; Hudak v Waverley Municipal Council (1989) 18 NSWLR 709; Knox County v Ninth National Bank (1893) 147 US 91; McLean Bros & Rigg Ltd v Grice (1906) 4 CLR 835.; Neumann Dredging Co Ltd v Collector of Customs (QLD) (1987) 79 ALR 588; Parramatta City Council v Brickworks Ltd (1972) 128 CLR 1; Penrith City Council v HBH Manufacturing Ltd & Ors, NSWLEC Stein J,5 June 1992, unreported; Penrith City Council v Waste Management Authority (1990) 71 LGRA 376; Woollahra Municipal Council v Banool Developments Pty Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 138 DATES OF HEARING: 21/04/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/31/2004