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ESSENTIAL

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Second Edition

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Cavendish Publishing (Australia) Pty Limited Sydney • London

ESSENTIAL

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Second Edition

Ian Ellis-Jones, BA, LLB, LLM,

Grad Dip Leg Prac, Adv Mang Cert,

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law,

University of Technology, Sydney

General Editor

Professor David Barker

Dean of the Faculty of Law,

University of Technology, Sydney

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Second edition 2001

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing in Publication Data

Ellis-Jones, Ian

Essential administrative law – 2nd ed

Includes index

1 Administrative law – Australia

I Title II Title: Administrative law (Series: Essential series)

ISBN 1 876905 00 X

Printed and bound in Great Britain

Preface

It is utopian, indeed Wednesbury unreasonable (see Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223, pp 230 and 234, per Lord Greene MR), to suppose that the passing – and not necessarily mere passing – of an examination is not a major aim of students studying administrative law (or, for that matter, any other subject), and idle to pretend that they will not use, or do not need, a revision aid to help them do it. The primary purpose of this book is to provide such an aid for the undergraduate administrative law student. The book, which is also designed for legal practitioners and administrators who wish to confirm or update prior knowledge, is intended to complement, but not serve as a substitute for, existing textbooks and casebooks on the subject. The book covers the major topics associated with the subject. Where appropriate, brief case examples are presented to illustrate important principles. In each section, the reader is provided with a revision checklist and guidance on the study of essential issues that figure prominently in examinations. The law is stated as at 1 February 2001.

Ian Ellis-Jones February 2001

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Acknowledgments

I acknowledge the support and love of my wife Elspeth. Acknowledgment is also due to Rajiv Viswanathan, Solicitor, for his research, editorial assistance, comments and advice. My appreciation also extends to all my students, past and present, who put up with me during the preparation of the book, and otherwise. Finally, this book is dedicated to my late parents, Harry and Phyl, who believed in me and taught me to be honest and always to strive for the best.

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Table of Cases

Ableton Management Pty Ltd v Gosford CC (1994) 83 LGERA 97 106

Aboriginal Sacred Sites Protection Authority v Maurice (1986) 65 ALR 247 109 Actors’ Equity Association of Australia and Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (No 2), Re (1984) 139

Adams and Tax Agents’ Board, Re (1976) 12 ALR 239 124 Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 34, 96, 105 Air Canada v Secretary of State for Trade [1983] 2 AC 394 112

Alfred Crompton Amusement Machines Ltd v Customs and Excise Commissioner (No 2) [1974] AC 405 111 Alister v R (1983) 154 CLR 404 9, 110, 111

Amoco Aust Pty Ltd v Albury CC (1965) 11 LGRA 176 68 Anderton v Auckland CC [1978] 1 NZLR 657 45, 65

Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147 59, 71, 80–83, 85, 89, 90, 119 Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 36, 41 , 134 Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1977) 139 CLR 54 68

Anton Piller KG v Manufacturing Processes Ltd [1976] 1 Ch 55 100, 101 Arthur Yates & Co Pty Ltd v Vegetable Seeds Committee (1945) 72 CLR 37 17

Ashbridge Investments Ltd v Minister of Housing and Local Government [1965] 3 All ER 371 46, 49 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 8, 17, 61– AG of Hong Kong v Ng Yuen Shiu [1983] 2 AC 629 32

AG v Fulham Corp [1921] 1 Ch 440 52, 53 AG v Great Eastern Rly Co (1880) 5 App Cas 473 52, 53

AG v Smethwick Corp [1932] 1 Ch 562 53

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Breitkopf v Wyong Council (1996) 90 LGERA 269 92 British Oxygen Co Ltd v Minister of Technology [1971] AC 610 66, 67

British Transport Commission v Westmorland CC [1958] AC 126 65 Bromley LBC v Greater London Council [1983] 1 AC 768 60

Brooks v Selwyn (1882) 3 LR (NSW) 256 22 Bruce Kerr Pty Ltd v Gosford CC (NSW LEC, 1988) 66

Brunswick Corp v Stewart (1941) 65 CLR 88 19 Burmah Oil Ltd v Bank of England [1980] AC 1090 112 Byron Shire Businesses for the Future Inc v Byron Council (Club Med Case) (1994) 84 LGERA 434 47, 48, 57, 106

Cains v Jenkins (1979) 28 ALR 219 41

Calvin v Carr (1979) 22 ALR 417 41 Carbines v Powell (1925) 96 CLR 245 15 Carter v Egg & Egg Pulp Marketing Board (Vic) (1942) 66 CLR 557 19

Church of Scientology v Woodward (1982) 154 CLR 25 4, 9 Cinnamond v British Airport Authority [1980] 1 WLR 582 37

City of London v Wood (1702) 12 Mod 678 13 Clancy v Butchers’ Shop Employees Union (1904) 1 CLR 181 89

Clements v Bull (1953) 88 CLR 572 14 Cochrane v Byron Shire Council (NSW LEC, 1992) 110, 111 Coleen Properties Ltd v Minister of Housing and Local Government [1971] 1 All ER 1049 46

Coles (GJ) v Retail Trade Industrial Tribunal (1987) 7 NSWLR 503 80 Coles Supermarkets Aust Pty Ltd v Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning (1996) 90 LGERA 341 91, 92

Collector of Customs v Brian Lawlor Automotive Pty Ltd (1979) 24 ALR 307 124 Columbia Pictures Inc v Robinson [1987] Ch 38 101 Commissioner of Motor Transport v Kirkpatrick (No 1) (1987) 11 NSWLR 427 80

Commissioner of Motor Transport v Kirkpatrick (No 2) (1988) 13 NSWLR 368 80

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Commissioner of Police v District Court of NSW (1993) 31 NSWLR 606 80, 85 Commissioner of Police v Tanos (1958) 98 CLR 383 36, 37, 134

Commonwealth v Northern Land Council (1993) 67 ALJR 405 111, 112 Commonwealth v Progress Advertising and Press Agency Co Pty Ltd (1910) 10 CLR 457 13

Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 158 CLR 1 19 Congreve v Home Office [1976] 1 QB 629 49, 57, 59

Conway v Rimmer [1968] AC 910 110, 111 Cooney v Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council (1963) 114 CLR 582 104 Cooper v Maitland CC (NSW LEC, 1992) 32

Cooper v Wandsworth Board of Works (1863) 14 CBNS 180 30 Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374 7–9, 30, 32, 38

Country Roads Board v Neale Ads Pty Ltd (1930) 43 CLR 126 23 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 80, 85, 86, 88

D v NSPCC [1978] AC 171 109– Dainford Ltd v ICAC (1990) 20 ALD 207 40

Dale v NSW Trotting Club Ltd [1978] 1 NSWLR 551 45 Darkingung Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister for Natural Resources (No 2) (1987) 61 LGRA 218 84, 90, 91

De Verteuil v Knaggs [1918] AC 557 9 Dickason v Edwards (1910) 10 CLR 243 43 Dimes v Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal (1852) 3 HLC 759 43

Dixon v Commonwealth (1981) 3 ALD 289 37 Doran Developments Pty Ltd v Newcastle CC (1984) 13 APA 436 64

Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 24 ALR 577 124– Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (No 2) (1979) 2 ALD 634 66, 125, 126 Duncan v Cammell, Laird & Co [1942] AC 624 110, 111

Dunlop v Woollahra Municipal Council (1981) 33 ALR 621 59, 107

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Hamblin v Duffy (1981) 34 ALR 333 2, 115 Hannam v Bradford Corporation [1970] 1 WLR 937 44

Haoucher v Minister of State for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1990) 169 CLR 648 32 Harbour Corporation of Queensland v Vessey Chemicals Pty Ltd (1986) 67 ALR 100 110

Hardi v Woollahra Municipal Council (NSW LEC, 1987) 32 Harris v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1983) 5 ALD 564 140

Hawke’s Bay Raw Milk Producers Cooperative Ltd v New Zealand Milk Board [1961] NZLR 218 22 Haynes v Sutherland Shire Council (1966) 12 LGRA 220 55, 56 Hazell v Hammersmith and Fulham LBC [1991] 1 All ER 545 53

Hebburn Ltd, ex p; Re Kearsley Shire Council (1947) 47 SR (NSW) 416 86 Heatley v Tasmanian Racing and Gaming Commission (1977) 137 CLR 487 37

Helman v Byron Shire Council (1995) 87 LGERA 349 57 Hockey v Yelland (1984) 157 CLR 124 89 Holiday Villages (Byron Bay) Pty Ltd v Byron Council (NSW LEC, 1995) 106

Hope v Bathurst CC (1980) 144 CLR 1 75, 86 Hospital Action Group Inc v Hastings Municipal Council (1993) 80 LGERA 191 47

Hot Holdings Pty Ltd v Creasy (1996) 134 ALR 469 94 Houssein v Under Secretary, Department of Industrial Relations and Technology (1982) 148 CLR 88 90

Hull v Canterbury Municipal Council [1974] 1 NSWLR 300 107

Ibeneweka v Egbuna [1964] 1 WLR 219 105

Island Records Ltd, ex p [1978] Ch 122 104

James and Australian National University, Re (1984) 2 AAR 327 140 Jeffs v New Zealand Dairy Production and Marketing Board [1967] 1 AC 551 42 Jet 60 Minute Cleaners Pty Ltd v Brownette [1981] 2 NSWLR 232 92

Johnco Nominees Pty Ltd v Albury-Wodonga (NSW) Corp [1977] 1 NSWLR 43 105

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Johns v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 67 ALJR 850 34

Kanthal Aust Pty Ltd v Minister for Industry (1987) 71 ALR 109 111, 112 Kent CC v Kingsway Investments (Kent) Ltd [1971] AC 72 24

Kerlberg v City of Sale [1964] VR 383 53 King Gee Clothing Co Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1945) 71 CLR 184 21, 22

Kioa v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (West) (1985) 159 CLR 550 3, 26–28, 33, 39, 40, 94 Krstic v Australian Telecommunications Commission (1988) 20 FCR 486 40 Kruse v Johnson [1898] 2 QB 91 18–

Kurtovic v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 86 ALR 99 69

Lamb v Moss (1983) 49 ALR 533 117 Lawless and Secretary to Law Department, Re (1985) 1 VAR 42 141 Legal & General Life of Australia Ltd v North Sydney Municipal Council (1989) 68 LGRA 192 62, 63

Leverett and Australian Telecommunications Commission, Re (1985) 8 ALN N135 144 Lewis v Heffer [1978] 1 WLR 1061 34, 37

Lianos and Secretary, Department of Social Security, Re (Cth AAT, 1985) 141 Liston v Davies (1957) 57 CLR 424 99

Locke, Re, ex p Commissioner for Rlys (1968) 87 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 430 98 Londish v Knox Grammar School (1997) 97 LGERA 1 92 London CC v AG [1902] AC 165 53

Lovelock v Secretary of State for Transport [1979] RTR 250 37 Lower Hutt CC v Bank [1974] 1 NZLR 545 64

Lynch v Brisbane CC (1960) 104 CLR 353 53, 54

McEldowney v Forde [1971] AC 632 13

McHattan and Collector of Customs (NSW), Re (1977) 18 ALR 154 126

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