R v PORTER [2001] NSWCCA 441

Reported Decision : 126 A Crim R 83

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v PORTER [2001] NSWCCA 441 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60445/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 22/10/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 November 2001

Christopher Mark Porter (Appellant) PARTIES : Attorney General of New South Wales (Respondent) Attorney General of the Commonwealth (Intervening) JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Studdert J at 88; Ireland AJ at 89

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/12/1283 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Ainslie-Wallace DCJ OFFICER :

C C Waterstreet (Appellant) COUNSEL : M G Sexton SC / B Baker (Attorney General NSW) D Bennett QC / G Hill (Attorney General Cth) Kings Lawyers (Appellant) SOLICITORS : I V Knight (Attorney General NSW) Australian Government Solicitor (Attorney General Cth) CATCHWORDS : CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - validity of Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 (Cth) - no abrogation of the legislative power of the Commonwealth - CRIMINAL LAW - Commonwealth offence - whether Commonwealth DPP has exclusive authority to conduct proceedings - Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth) s6(1) - Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 (Cth), ss5(3) and (4) - CRIMINAL LAW - Commonwealth offence - whether State DPP can conduct proceedings - Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 (NSW), s24 - Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 (Cth), s6(2) - CRIMINAL LAW - Commonwealth offence - whether State police can arrest and search in a Commonwealth place - Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 (Cth), ss4(1), 5(3) and 6(2) - Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss352 and 357E - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - no "law of a State" and no inconsistency - Constitution, s109 - Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 (Cth), s82 - Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s527C Commonwealth Places (Administration of Laws) Act 1970 (NSW) Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 (Cth) Constitution Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth) Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 (NSW) Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 (WA) Proceeds of Crimes Act 1987 (Cth) Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1986 (Cth) Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Ltd (1992-1993) 177 CLR 485 Bond v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 213 Butler v Attorney General (Vic) (1961) 106 CLR 268 Cobb & Co Ltd v Kropp [1967] 1 AC 141 CASES CITED: Mistretta v United States 488 US 361 (1989) R v Holmes (1988) 93 FLR 405 R v Pinkstone [2001] WASC 172 The Queen v Phillips (1970) 125 CLR 93 United States v Sharpnack 355 US 286 (1958) Worthing v Rowell and Muston Pty Ltd (1970) 123 CLR 89 DECISION : Paragraph [5] of the Stated Case answered "No determination was erroneous in law".