NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) 54 NSWLR 585
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Professional Fishers Association Incorporated v Minister for Fisheries [2002] NSWCA 145 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40158/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 April 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 May 2002
PARTIES : Professional Fishers Association Incorporated (Appellant) Minister for Fisheries (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Stein JA at 2; Heydon JA at 62
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT LEC 40124/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Pearlman J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : T F Robertson SC/M G McHugh (Appellant) D F Jackson QC/N Perram (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Woolf Associates (Appellant) Crown Solicitors Office (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : JUDICIAL REVIEW - validity of fishing closures and notification - whether environmental assessment required - statutory construction and interpretation - D Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, div 3 of pt 5, div 5 pt 5, s 112, ss 115G - 115R LEGISLATION CITED : Fisheries Management Act 1994, pt 1, pt 1A, pt 2, pt 3, s 3, s 4, ss 7A - 7G, ss 8 - 12, s 62, sch 1, sch 1A Fisheries Management and Environmenal Assessment Legislation Amendment Act 2000 Interpretation Act 1987, ss 42 - 46 CASES CITED: Sustainable Fishing and Tourism Inc v Minister for Fisheries (2000) 106 LGERA 322 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40158/02 LEC 40124/01 SHELLER JA STEIN JA HEYDON JA
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