Turner v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 164

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Turner v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 164 Hearing dates: 18 June 2019 Date of orders: 18 June 2019 Decision date: 05 July 2019 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Basten JA at [2]; Payne JA at [50] Decision: (1) Grant the applicant leave to appeal from interim detention orders made in the Common Law Division on 21 May 2019 and 27 May 2019.

(2) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDER – application pursuant to the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) – interim detention order – whether offender must be in lawful custody when interim detention order made – whether offender must be in lawful custody when an interim detention order is renewed

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – implied limitation on powers of superior court – purposive interpretation not supportive of limitation – effect of earlier precedent inconsistent with implied limitation – subsequent amendments leaving unchanged provisions the subject of earlier judicial determination Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), ss 5C, 13A, 13B, 15, 17, 18, 18A, 18C Criminal Code 1995 (Cth), s 105A.9; Divs 104, 105 Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) Act 2015 (SA), s 18 Law Enforcement and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (No 97) (NSW), Sch 3 [9], [17] Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (NSW), s 55 Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW), s 19 Sentencing Act 1997 (Tas), Pt 3, Div 3 Serious Sex Offender (Detention and Supervision Order) Act 2009 (Vic), s 51 Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW), s 41 Serious Offenders Act 2018 (Vic), s 76 Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), ss 14, 14A, 16 Cases Cited: Attorney General for New South Wales v Tillman [2007] NSWCA 119 Attorney-General (Qld) v Watego [2003] QCA 512; 142 A Crim R 537 Minogue v Victoria [2018] HCA 27; 92 ALJR 668 Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd (2018) 92 ALJR 248; [2018] HCA 4 State of New South Wales v Craig Anthony Turner (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 282 State of New South Wales v CT [2019] NSWSC 695 State of New South Wales v Haouchar [2018] NSWSC 979 State of New South Wales v Kable (2013) 252 CLR 118; [2013] HCA 26 Texts Cited: T Tulich, "Post-Sentence Preventive Detention and Extended Supervision of High Risk Offenders in New South Wales" (2015) 38(2) UNSWLJ 823 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Craig Anthony Turner (Appellant) State of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Robinson SC / M Fernando (Appellant) J Emmett / R Pietriche (Respondent)