NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: GALES HOLDINGS PTY LTD v MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING [2006] NSWCA 388
HEARING DATE(S): 5 September 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 21 December 2006
JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Tobias JA at 2; Basten JA at 178
DECISION: (a) Appeal allowed; (b) Set aside the orders made by Bignold J on 1 November 2005 and 2 December 2005; (c) Declare Tweed Local Environmental Plan (Amendment No 14) which purportedly came into effect on 6 August 2004 to be void and of no effect; (d) The second respondent to pay the appellant's costs of the proceedings before the Land and Environment Court and of the appeal.
CATCHWORDS: PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT – local environment plan – validity – preparation of environmental study – public exhibition of draft local environment plan – whether compliance with Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 57(2), 66 – effect of non-compliance – construction of legislative provisions – whether jurisdictional requirement – whether mandatory consideration – relevant considerations
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth), ss 11, 50, 56 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), ss 5, 34, 54, 57, 61, 66, 68, 70, 117 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 1994, cl 6
Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd v Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning (1996) 90 LGERA 341 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2003) 77 ALJR 1088 El Cheikh v Hurstville City Council (2002) 121 LGERA 293 Foster v Minister for Customs and Justice (2000) 200 CLR 442 Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council [2006] NSWCA 23; (2006) 143 LGERA 277 CASES CITED: Litevale Pty Ltd v Lismore City Council (1997) 96 LGERA 91 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Murrumbidgee Ground Water Preservation Association Inc v Minister for Natural Resources [2005] NSWCA 10 Prasad v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs (1985) 6 FCR 155 Prineas v Forestry Commission of NSW (1984) 53 LGERA 160 Smith v Wyong Shire Council (2003) 132 LGERA 148 Weal v Bathurst City Council (2000) 111 LGERA 181
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