Sandery v Commissioner of Police

Case

[1986] FCA 56

3 May 1986

No judgment structure available for this case.

Administrative Law - seizure of monies

- application f o r order

allowing further time wlchin

whlch to loclqe application for

order of review - whether “declsion“ within

s.3 Administrativs

Decislons (Judicial Review) Act 1977

- ambit of review of

decision to seize

- matters relevant

to exercise of discretion

under s.ll(l)(c).

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) A&

1977

SS.3,5,11(l)(C)

Custortls Act 1901 55.203, 205, 208A, 229A

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

Burton v. Honan ( 1 9 5 2 ) 86 C.L.R.

169

French v. O’Connor (unreported, 23rd May 1985,

i\Torthrop J.)

Bert Needham AutonotiE Co. Pty Ltd v. Comnissioner of

Taxation (1976) l0 A.L.:?.

501

Pearce v. Button (1985) 60 A.L.R. 537

Phlllp Morris Incorporated

v. Adam P. Brom Male Fashions Ptv

-

Ltd (1981) 148 C.L.R. 457

Hunter Vallev Developm?nts Ptv Ltd

v. Minister for Horn?

Affalrs and Environment (1984) 58 A.L.R.

305

Bruce Douqlas Sanderv

. Commissloner of Police, Australim

Federal Pollce, John hrnold Schulte,

J.C. Johnson and

Conmonwealth of Bustrtu

No. G357 of 1985

Jackson J.

27 February 1986

Sydney

I N THE

FEDERAL

COIJRT

OF

AUSTRALIA

) )

NEW

S O U T H

X A L E S

D I S T R I C T

R E G I S T R Y

)

No.

G 3 5 7 of 1985

)

D I V I S I O N

G E N E R A L

1

BETWEEN :

BRUCE

DOUGLAS

AKDERY

A p p l i c a n t

-

AND :

COMMISSIONER

O F

P O L I C E ,

A U S T R q L I A N

F E D E P A L

P O L I C E

JOHN

ARNOLD

SCHULTE,

.

J . C .

JOH:ISON

and

COMMON'iJE.?LTH

OF

A U S T R A L I A

R e s p o n d e n t s

COFAEI:

JACKSON

J.

I . .

-

DATE :

ZR-

fl?a<cL

1986

PLACE :

SYDNEY

MINUTES OF ORDER

The

C o u r t orders :

1.

T h a t

t h e

t i m e

w i t h i n

wh ich

t h e a p p l i c a n t nay

f i l e a n

a p p l i c a t i o n

f o r

r e v l e w under

the

A d m l n i s t r a t i v e

D e c i s l o n s

(Judicial R e v i e w )

A c t

1977 of

t h e dec l s lons and

c o n d u c t oi

JOHN

ARNOLD

S C H U L T E ,

t h e

secone

n a m e d

r e s p o n d e n t

I n selzlng

fron t h e applicant o n t h e 21s% day of

J u n e 1985

the s u m of TBIRTY

EIGHT

HOUSAND

THREE

HUNDRED

AND

F I F T Y

D O L L A R S

( $ 3 8 , 3 5 0 . 0 0 )

i n Australian

B a n k

Notes

be ex tended u n t i l 4 . 1 5

P . N .

on

F r i d a y ,

7 t h

March

1 9 8 6 .

2.

T h a t t he re be

no

order as

to cos ts .

__

Note:

S e t t l e m e n t and e n t r y of

orders

is d e a l t w i t h i n

O r d e r 36 of

t h e Federal C o u r t

R u l e s .

_.

. .

-16-

I shall make an Qrder in terms of paragraph l(a) of the

Notice of Motion extending the time within which the applicant

may file an application for review under the Administrative

Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 of the decisions and conduct

of John Arnold Schulte, the second named respondent in

seizing

from the applicant on the 21st day of June 1985 the sum of

.$38,350,00

in Australian Bank Notes until 4.15 pm on Friday, 7th

March 1986.

I certify that this and the /S preceding pages are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of his Honour Mr Justice Jackson.

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