Edenmead Pty Ltd v Commonwealth

C A T C H W O R D S

SPENDER :.

I S SANE

3 DECEMBEP IQ84

Application

G 1 3 4

1985 IX

dlsnissed

with

ccsts

tct be taxed.

u n l e s s otherwise

acrreed.

11.

order as

t o

cczts o f

l n t e r l o c u t c r y

3pp l l ca t i . x on

2 2 &

33 Ncvember

l9F4.

Pespsnderts

SPENDER J.

Mark Alm hderson and

h15 w ~ F P , Aurlrey Elizabeth

Ander scn , the other applicants, cwn a prxdr. trswler named "Pac l f lc Venture", whlc'll apparently has slmllar 11cences to the

vessel

Barameda.

Anderson

1 s the

s l r l ? p r

zf tne

vessel

"Baram?da"

SCHEDSrLE 1

Area of Droclalmed Waters

The area

of proclaimed. waters north

of the

parallel 37'30'

scuth latitude and east cf the

merldlan 142'l)S' east longitude."

XhEEUiE

Area nf Proclalmcl WatPrs

The

s r e a of

?roclslmed waters

n o r t n

of the

parallel

31'04C.

s n u t h

l a t i t u d e

3rd +IY+. nf

I-?.?

q e r z d l m

1 4 2

0 3 '

eq?t

LonqltIJde;

aqd

(b)

d e c l a r e

that

t h i s

n o t i c e

s h a i l

h a v e

e f f e c t on and from 1 Harch 19R4.

Dated thls 24tn day of February 19A4

JOHN KERIN

Mlnls te r

S t a t e f o r Prlmary

Indus t ry"

%he arguments f o r the appi-cant may be shortly put as

fol l9ws:

the flrst and baszc submlsslon was that power Lnder s . 3

Ncf

the Act

1 s not a power to make

In Instrument, but a power te

do snmethlng.

n d w l y , C O

prohlblt, and

therefore S. 3 3

nf the

Commonwealth Acts Ipterpretablons Art 14ilL ,does n o t 39~1:~.

In suFport cf khat sucmlsslon, reliance was placed on

the s e v - r s i

2udTments of the

members of the Full

Court of thl5

Ceurt I n NZsllector c,f Cu:tgms

(N.S.W. I v. Brian Lawlor Automot1r.e

- -

Pty Ltd !1979' 24 A.L.R. 307;

( 1 9 7 3 ) 41 F.L.R. 338.

I t

1 s t h e r e f o r e

3 q.:estlm

wheL:her that

power c m

p r o p e r l y c?me

wi th ln

t he

description "a power

t o make, g ran t cr

1ssnAe

aqy

lnst r ruaent" .

I f

I t dces,

then

the

Acts

In te rpre ta t - -on

.9ct of

lSl?l I d e n t i f i e s

t h a t

power

3 s inc ludin?

pawer,

i n t e r

3113. tc vary o r amend any

such

instrument .

I ,

wlth r e spec t .

a ccep t

the

proper

a~prm,::?

1 s

t h a t

sdnpted by

S n l t h e r s J .

i n L a w l n r ' s C1se ,

where

p .319 ,

l l n e 44,

he 1dent:ll':a	the	p rocess	as	o re	p rgpe r ly	of	c h a r a c t e r l z a t l o n .
He said:-

"To

c h a r a c t e r i z e

t h e n a t u r e

t h e

power

whlci=

confer red

upon

the

Minls te r

and

t n e

S 'n l i ec to r ,

his

delega te ,

under

tne

Custnms

chat submission Lee J .

sa13 a t p . 2 3 1 ,

l i n e 25 :

I, _I bect lon

3 ? ( 3 )

should

not

re?arded

3 s

opera t ing so

as t o ccrfer

pnwer. h t merely

9 s o p e r a i l r q

t n

d e f i n e

+-he

r x t e n c 0:'

a p~2wer

I n

f a c t

c n n f e r r e d

another

A r t .

I t s e f f e c t

1 4 t h a t ,

u n l e s s

t h e r e

c m r r a r y

m t e n t i c r !

the power

t o make

ar!

l n s t r t m e n t 13

a power

t h e amhlt ,?f

whrch 1ni.ludes p ~ w e r

t o

repea l ,

resc lnd ,

revoke ,

amend

or vary .

I n a11

cases

33(3) opera t e s

t o d e f i n e

t h e

e x t e n t

t he

Instrument

maklnq

power

( ~ ~ n l e s s

of course

there is a cont ra ry

ln ten t lon shown) ."

LL.

In addltlon,

therr

a r e

o t h e r factnrz

w:r:cP.

serve

dlst~nguish the corcluslon re3ched in Lawlor's C3se from the cor.clus;on which nuqht properly t o follow in thls case. Here the

publlcatlon of the

Instrument 1 s essential t o the valld exercise

of Che power.

it 1 s . 13 Mr Fryberq's w5rd5, the very act by

w u c h

the

p~wer 1 s exercised,

and

conceptually

there

1 s

?lstlnc!:on

to be drawn between the publlcatlor~ of the rctlce arid

the exercrse of the power.

It 1 s a s t e r l i e a?.d ar ld d:stl?ctlcn

t n

s'~7~r-t

cat t h e

qraarnatlcal

form 13

w h ~ c ! ,

t he pcwer

1 s

qrsnte.1 aetermlres Its tr-e rharacterlsatlor.

In regpect of both arguments advanced by the

Commonwealth as to the exIste7ce of 3 power tcr amend or vary the

orlglnal notlee elther by appllcatlqn ?f sub-S. 3 3 ( 3 ) o r by a?

L m F i l c a t i o n

oi a

power conralned

ln a power

t'3 p r + l t l t

2f 3

power t n amend or

vary, the Irratloral '3r aSsurd conseq- tev-es of

the absence cf a n y suocr.

power mlqh? be referre.4 to.

I accept

that ~f there were P.C) power t*3 awnd ' 3 ~ revoke, thpre wnclld be qulte startlln? ccnsequences. As submitted, once published, a prohlbltion could never be revoked. That improblble consequence

would o n l y

be corrected by a further Act

of Parllampnt. Havlnq

I t is

therefore

unnecessary

f o r me

t @

ccrnclude

whether

t h e r e

a l s n exists

t h e lmplled pcwer

t o r whlch

the

respondents

c o n t e v i

l n

the

a l t e r n a t l v e .

' j l T p i y express

t h e view

t h a t

cons lde ra t lms

advanced

i n Vespect cf

t h e existence qf

such

lmplled power are by no

means

x ~ c o n v l n c l n g ,

b u t

I t

s t r l c t l y

unnecessary

conclude whether

such a power

is t o be

Implied.

" ( 2 I

r lot lce I!?

f 3 r c e lnweqlstely befcre the

ccmnenccment

s e c t l c r ur.der

paraqraph

3fl)idl of t h e

P r l n c l p a l

Act

c o n t i n u e s

t o

h s v e

f f e c t

a f t e r

t h e

commencement

of t h l s

s e c t l o n

I f

were

nocrce

under

paracrrsph 8(1)

(a) of

the

P r l n c l p a l Act

amended by th19

Act and if t h e

n n t l c e

provlded ,

pursuant

sub-sec t lon

8!4D)

t h e

P r i n c i p a l

Act

as amended

t h i s A c t ,

t h a c

t h e

a c t l v l t i e s

p r c h i b l t e d

tne

n o t l c e

were

a c t l v l t l e s i n

respect

whlch an

evdorsement

could

be made

under

sun-secr icn

9 ( 4 ) of

t h e

P r l n c l p n l

Act

amended

this

Act.

' I

~n those c~rc;mstarces, neither the ieclaratlon nor the

in3unctlon sou7ht by t h e applicants wlll 5e granred.

The appllcatlon 1 s

dism1sse.l with c o s t s to be taxed, If

n o t otherwise agreed.

1’.

[1984] FCA 475

3 Dec 1984