ROOTY HILL RSL CLUB LTD v LIQUOR ADMINISTRATION BOARD OF NSW [2006] NSWCA 297

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: ROOTY HILL RSL CLUB LTD v LIQUOR ADMINISTRATION BOARD OF NSW [2006] NSWCA 297 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 27 September 2006

JUDGMENT DATE: 2 November 2006

JUDGMENT OF: Santow JA at 1; Bryson JA at 2; Basten JA at 3

DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS: GAMING – Interpretation of the Gaming Machines Act 2001 (NSW), savings/transitional clauses, Schedule 1, cl 2 and 10 – whether conditions imposed on authorisation of further gaming machines under s 88AF of the Registered Clubs Act 1976 (NSW) apply under the Gaming Machines Act

Gaming Machines Act 2001 (NSW), ss 4, 7, 14, 15, 15A, 18, 28, 29, 31, 31A, 56, 58, 213, Schedule 1, cl 2, cl 10 LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 30, 33 Registered Clubs Act 1976 (NSW), ss 77, 78, 78A, 88AD, 88AE, 88AF, Parts 10, 10B

CASES CITED: Friends of Hinchinbrook Society Inc v Minister for Environment (No. 2) (1997) 69 FCR 28 The Ombudsman v Laughton (2005) 64 NSWLR 114

PARTIES: Rooty Hill RSL Club Limited - Appellant Liquor Administration Board of New South Wales - Respondent

FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40939/05

COUNSEL: D. Higgs SC/R. Bromwich - Appellant M. Leeming - Respondent

SOLICITORS: Thomson Playford - Appellant I V Knight, Crown Solicitor - Respondent

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Supreme Court

LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): SC 30103/04

LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Johnson J

LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 10 November 2005