REGINA v FRAWLEY [2005] NSWCCA 66

Reported Decision : 52 ACSR 461 152 A Crim R 336

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: REGINA v FRAWLEY [2005] NSWCCA 66

HEARING DATE(S): 23 February 2005

JUDGMENT DATE: 23 February 2005

JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1, 35; Mason P at 33; Santow JA at 34

DECISION: Leave to appeal refused

CATCHWORDS: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - Operation and effect of Commonwealth Constitution - Whether Commonwealth Parliament has power to create criminal liability by reference to previous liability under State law - CRIMINAL LAW - Jurisdiction, practice and procedure - Persons entitled to conduct prosecution - The Commonwealth - Director of Public Prosecutions - Prosecution for breaches of Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s1311, 1002G - STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION - Explicatory words - Parentheses - Operative effect - WORDS AND PHRASES: equivalent.

Commonwealth Constitution: s 51(xx) Corporations (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2001: s4. Corporations (New South Wales) Act 1990 Corporations Act 1989 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth): Pt 10.1, s1002G, s1311, s1370, s1400, s1401. Corporations Law Criminal Appeal Act 1912: s5F. Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Act 1999

Parker v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (High Court of Australia, 25 June 2003) R v Commonwealth Conciliation & Arbitration Committee; Ex parte Professional Engineers' Association Australia (1959) 107 CLR 208 R v Corbett [2004] 1 Qd R 146 CASES CITED: R v Humby; Ex parte Rooney (1973) 129 CLR 231 Re Macks; Ex parte Saint (2000) 204 CLR 158 Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally (1999) 198 CLR 511