Lend Lease (Millers Point) Pty Limited v Council of the City of Sydney [2014] NSWLEC 64

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lend Lease (Millers Point) Pty Limited v Council of the City of Sydney [2014] NSWLEC 64 Hearing dates: 9, 10 December 2013 Decision date: 27 May 2014 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pain J Decision: 1. Lend Lease (Millers Point) Pty Limited's summons dated 14 February 2013 is dismissed. 2. Costs are reserved. 3. Exhibits may be returned. Catchwords: JUDICIAL REVIEW - Crown land in part of Barangaroo occupied under various licences rateable under Local Government Act 1993 - statutory construction of rating provisions of Local Government Act - whether land held under a lease for private purpose Legislation Cited: Allocation of the Administration of Acts Barangaroo Delivery Authority Act 2009 s 3, s 6, s 7, s 8, s 14, s 17, s 18, s 36 Closer Settlement Act 1904 (repealed) s 39 Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 Crown Lands Act 1989, s 3, s 6, s 7, s 41, s 42, s 45 Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913 (repealed) s 136K Crown Lands (Continued Tenures) Act 1989 s 5 Darling Harbour Authority Act 1984 (repealed) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 75H, s 75I Forestry Act 2012 Interpretation Act 1987 s 50 Judicial Review Act 1991 (Qld) Local Government Act 1919 (repealed) s 132 Local Government Act 1993 s 546, s 555, s 560, s 561, s 562, s 570, s 571, s 573, s 574, s 712 Mining Act 1992 Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No 19 - Rouse Hill Development Area 1989 State Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005 Cases Cited: Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue [2009] HCA 41; (2009) 239 CLR 27 Australian Convention & Exhibition Services Pty Ltd v Sydney City Council (1998) 9 BPR 16,753 Bermingham v Corrective Services Commissioner of New South Wales (1988) 15 NSWLR 292 Equestrian Sports Centre v Campbelltown City Council (1987) 9 NSWLR 126 Goulburn City Council v Haines (1992) 78 LGERA 281 Griffith University v Tang [2005] HCA 7; (2005) 221 CLR 99 Hurstville City Council v Minister for Planning and Infrastructure [2012] NSWLEC 134; (2012) 189 LGERA 269 Lend Lease GPT (Rouse Hill) v Hills Shire Council [2010] NSWLEC 130; (2010) 175 LGERA 169 Playgoers' Co-operative Theatres Ltd v Workers Educational Association (NSW) (1955) 72 WN (NSW) 374 R v Young [1999] NSWCCA 166; (1999) 46 NSWLR 681 SAS Trustee Corporation v Woollard [2014] NSWCA 75 Secure Parking Management Pty Ltd v Sydney City Council (1998) 99 LGERA 110 Statewide Roads v Holroyd City Council (1996) 39 NSWLR 115 Sydney City Council v Garbett Pty Ltd (1993) 80 LGERA 289 Sydney City Council v University of Technology, Sydney (1992) 78 LGERA 200 Western Australia v Ward [2001] HCA 28; (2002) 213 CLR 1 Winter Garden Theatre (London) Ltd v Millennium Productions Ltd [1948] AC 173 Texts Cited: D C Pearce and R S Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia, (7th ed 2011 LexisNexis) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Lend Lease (Millers Point) Pty Limited (Applicant) Council of the City of Sydney (Respondent) Representation: Mr N Williams SC with Ms A Mitchelmore (Applicant) Mr B Walker SC with Ms J Shepard (Respondent) Herbert Smith Freehills (Applicant) Council of the City of Sydney (Respondent) File Number(s): 40101 of 2013