Rooty Hill RSL Club Limited v Liquor Administration Board of New South Wales [2005] NSWSC 1140

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Rooty Hill RSL Club Limited v Liquor Administration Board of New South Wales [2005] NSWSC 1140

HEARING DATE(S) : 14 April 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 10 November 2005

JUDGMENT OF : Johnson J at 1

DECISION : Summons dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : GAMING - possession and operation of gaming machines by registered club - conditional authority to possess and operate gaming machines under hardship provisions in s.88AF Registered Clubs Act 1976 - repeal of s.88AF and commencement of Gaming Machines Act 2001 - operation of savings and transitional provisions in Gaming Machines Act 2001 - whether Liquor Administration Board has power to review and reduce number of gaming machines allowed under original s.88AF conditional authority - Board has such power

Gaming Machines Act 2001 Registered Clubs Act 1976 Unlawful Gambling Act 1998 LEGISLATION CITED : Gambling Legislation Amendment (Gaming Machine Restriction) Act 2000 Liquor Act 1982 Interpretation Act 1987 Gaming Machines Further Amendment Act No. 102 of 2002

Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427 R v Young (1999) 46 NSWLR 681 Fisher v Hebburn Limited (1960) 105 CLR 188 Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 Mathieson v Burton (1971) 124 CLR 1 Parkes Rural Distributors v Glasson (1986) 7 NSWLR 332 CASES CITED : Australian Capital Territory v Pinter (2002) 121 FCR 592 Wilkie v Attorney-General for NSW (Supreme Court of NSW, Foster J, 9 December 1986, unreported, BC8600484) Penna v Liquor Administration Board [2001] NSWSC 681 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Clark (2003) 57 NSWLR 113 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] 194 CLR 355 Fortbacon Pty Limited v Dickie (1995) 127 FLR 69