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Shellharbour City Council v Minister for Planning.

País/Territorio
Australia
Tipo de la corte
Otros
Fecha
Apr 6, 2011
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
Juez
Biscoe.
Número de referencia
[2011] NSWLEC 59
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Cuestiones jurídicas, Tierra y suelos
Resumen
The applicant challenged the validity of the Minister’s concept plan approval under Pt 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. The applicant sought directions that the Minister provide relevant documents and a statement of reasons relating to the decision. The issues were: (1) whether the Court should direct the Minister to provide written reasons for the approval under r 4.3 of the Land and Environment Court Rules (“LECR”) or para 14 of the Court’s Class 4 Practice Note; (2) whether the Minister was a “public authority” for the purposes of r 4.3, having regard to the definition in r 1.3 of the LECR; (3) whether the Minister was a “public official” for the purposes of para 14 of the Court’s Class 4 Practice Note; (4) whether the Court should direct the Minister to make available to the applicant documents in respect of the concept plan application; and (5) whether, due to the change in personality of the Minister (due to a change in government), the new Minister should only be ordered to provide reasons to the “best of their knowledge, information and belief”. The Court held: (1) the Minister did not constitute a “public authority” for the purposes of r 4.3 having regard to the definition in r 1.3 of the LECR;(2) the Minister was a “public official” within the meaning of para 14 of the Class 4 Practice Note;(3) directions to provide reasons and to make available documents under the para 14 of the Class 4 Practice Note may be made before points of claim are filed.
Texto completo
COU-156802.pdf