Agricultural Equity Investments Pty Limited v The Hon Chris Hatcher MP, Minister for Resources and Energy, Special Minister

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Amendment notes Medium Neutral Citation: Agricultural Equity Investments Pty Limited v The Hon Chris Hatcher MP, Minister for Resources and Energy, Special Minister [2015] NSWLEC 23 Hearing dates:28 March, 2 April (further written submissions) 2014Date of orders: 20 February 2015 Decision date: 20 February 2015 Jurisdiction:Class 8Before: Pepper J Decision: Amended summons dismissed. Applicants to pay the first and third respondents’ costs. Catchwords: MINING: whether decision to grant an order exempting a party from a statutory prohibition made beyond power – whether exemption order made for an improper purpose – whether procedural fairness denied in making the order – application dismissed. Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 96 Mining Act 1906, s 23 Mining Act 1973, ss 53, 55 Mining Act 1992, ss 3A, 5, 6, 19, 33, 51, 58, 59 62, 63, 65, 73 Mining Amendment Act 2008 Mining Legislation Amendment Act 1996 Mining Regulation 2010, cl 11 Cases Cited: Australian Education Union v General Manager of Fair Work Australia [2012] HCA 19; (2012) 246 CLR 117 Commissioner of Taxation v Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd [2012] HCA 55; (2012) 250 CLR 503 CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] HCA 1 Gifford v Strang Patrick Stevedoring Pty Limited [2003] HCA 33; (2003) 214 CLR 269 Kioa v West [1985] HCA 81; (1985) 159 CLR 550 Lee v New South Wales Crime Commission [2013] HCA 39; (2013) 251 CLR 96 Mandurah Enterprises Pty Ltd v Western Australian Planning...