Catchwords
Administrative law – Procedural fairness – Minister of Crown – Apprehension of bias – Ministerial decision pursuant to Statute – Content of duty of procedural fairness in administrative decision-making – Pecuniary interest of an officer in Minister's Department – Whether apprehension of bias on account of pecuniary interest – Whether fact that final decision made by Minister personally cures appearance of bias in officials – Relevance of Codes of official conduct – Whether certiorari should lie to quash Minister's decision.
Mining Act 1978 (WA) – s 57.