Edenmead Pty Ltd v Commonwealth

[1984] FCA 475

C A T C H W O R D S

- SPENDER :. BR I S SANE

3 DECEMBEP IQ84

1. Application G 1 3 4 2f 1985 IX dlsnissed

with ccsts tct be taxed. u n l e s s otherwise

acrreed.

11. No 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.

Mr 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. Mr Anderson 1 s the s l r l ? p r zf tne vessel

"Baram?da" .

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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 1

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-?.?

0

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 of 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.

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I t 1 s t h e r e f o r e 3 q.:estlm nf 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? 3 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 3t 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 of t h e power whlci=

1s confer red upon the Minls te r and t n e

S 'n l i ec to r , as his delega te , under tne Custnms

0: chat submission Lee J . sa13 a t p . 2 3 1 , l i n e 25 :

I, _I bect lon 3 ? ( 3 ) should not be 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 by 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 be 3 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

S 33(3) opera t e s t o d e f i n e t h e e x t e n t of 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 ne

?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 . I ' 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 an

lmplled power are by no means x ~ c o n v l n c l n g , b u t I t 15 s t r l c t l y

unnecessary to conclude whether such a power is t o be Implied.

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" ( 2 I P. r lot lce I!? f 3 r c e lnweqlstely befcre the

ccmnenccment of 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 as I f It were a nocrce under

paracrrsph 8(1) (a) of the P r l n c l p a l Act ss

amended by th19 Act and if t h e n n t l c e

provlded , pursuant to sub-sec t lon 8!4D) of

t h e P r i n c i p a l Act as amended by 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 by tne n o t l c e

were a c t l v l t l e s i n respect of 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 as amended 3y this

Act. ' I

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~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.

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