Warringah Council v Kazi [2008] NSWCCA 6

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Warringah Council v Kazi [2008] NSWCCA 6

HEARING DATE(S): 19 November 2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 6 February 2008

JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJ at CL at 1; Hall J at 52; Price J at 53

DECISION: 1. The question in the stated case should be answered "yes." 2. The respondents should pay the appellant's costs of the stated case.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - case stated - prosecution by public body - application of s 173 and s 174 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 - whether local council entitled to bring prosecution proceedings in its corporate name - use of court attendance notice - requirement to obtain registrar's signature prior to commencing private prosecution proceedings - meaning of "public officer"

Food Act 2003 Food Standards Code Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Criminal Procedure Regulation 2005 Local Government Act 1993 Local Court (Criminal and Applications Procedures) Rule 2003 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd v Magill (1993) 32 NSWLR 501 Corporate Affairs Commission v Bain (1991) 55 A Crim R 73 Gardner v R [2003] NSWCCA 199 Garrett v Freeman (2006) 147 LGERA 96; [2006] NSWCCA 278 Knaggs v Director of Public Prosecutions [2007] NSWCA 83 CASES CITED : Kew v Commissioner of Fair Trading and Robinson [2007] NSWSC 394 Potier v Huber (2004) 148 A Crim R 399 Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Rockdale Beef Pty Ltd v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales & Anor [2007] NSWCA 128 R v Janceski (2005) 64 NSWLR 10 Sasterawan v Morris [2007] NSWCCA 185 Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd v FCT (1976) 10 ALR 441