Shoalhaven City Council v Ellis [2012] NSWLEC 225

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Shoalhaven City Council v Ellis [2012] NSWLEC 225 Hearing dates: 26 September 2012 Decision date: 27 September 2012 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Biscoe J Decision: Orders set out at [46] - [51] Catchwords: CIVIL ENFORCEMENT - unlawfully constructed dwellings - orders restraining respondents from using or permitting the use of land as a dwelling - orders stayed for eight weeks. Legislation Cited: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act ss 76, 77, 116, 117, 118, 124 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 56, 76A, 123, 124 Imperial Acts Application Act 1969 s 36 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) ss 39, 79B Land and Environment Court Act ss 16, 20 Draft Shoalhaven Local Environmental Plan 2009 Shoalhaven Local Environmental Plan 1985 cl 14 Cases Cited: Armidale Dumaresq Council v Vorhauer [2012] NSWLEC 154 Arnold v Minister Administering the Water Management Act 2000 [2008] NSWCA 338, 73 NSWLR 196 Fejo v Northern Territory of Australia [1998] HCA 58, 195 CLR 96 Plenty v Dillon [1991] HCA 5, 171 CLR 635 Shoalhaven City Council v Bonner [2010] NSWLEC 251 Shoalhaven City Council v Reid [2011] NSWLEC 193 The Commonwealth of Australia v The State of New South Wales [1923] HCA 34, 33 CLR 1 Warringah Shire Council v Sedevcic (1987) 10 NSWLR 335 Category: Principal judgment Parties: 40257/12 Shoalhaven City Council (Applicant) Grant Ellis (Respondent)