Director General Department of Land and Water Conservation v Bailey [2003] NSWCCA 361

Reported Decision : 136 LGERA 242

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Director General Department of Land and Water Conservation v Bailey [2003] NSWCCA 361 HEARING DATE(S) : 07/11/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 December 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Hidden J at 2; Shaw J at 3 DECISION : Answers to case stated are: (1) No; (2) Yes, in the way that s 12(f) was construed.

CATCHWORDS : Case stated - statutory construction - questions of law or fact - Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 5BA; LEGISLATION CITED : Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 77A, Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 s 12, State Environmental Planning Policy 46 Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gevaert Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 389; Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic Enterprises Pty Ltd (1993) 43 FCR 280; Director General Department of Land and Water Conservation v Jackson [2003] NSWLEC 81; (2003) 125 LGERA 304; CASES CITED : Director General of Land and Water Conservation v Greentree [2003] NSWCCA 31; Director General Department of Land and Water Conservation v Pye [1998] NSWLEC 292; Hope v Bathurst City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1; R v Adams (1935) 53 CLR 563; Woolmington v DPP [1935] AC 482; PARTIES : Director General Department of Land and Water Conservation - Prosecutor Bruce Bailey - Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60289/03 COUNSEL : Ms J Kelly - Prosecutor Mr B Preston, SC with D Miller - Defendant SOLICITORS : Crown Solicitors - Prosecutor PriceWaterhouseCoopers Legal - Defendant