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Case S206/2014

Cascade Coal Pty Limited & Ors v. The State of New South Wales

Case No.

S206/2014

Related cases:

S119/2014 - Duncan v. The State of New South Wales;

S138/2014 - NuCoal Resources Limited v. State of New South Wales

Case Information

Catchwords

Constitutional law – Chapter III – Judicial power – Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) commenced public inquiry styled “Operation Acacia” investigating the application and allocation of mining lease – ICAC commenced second public inquiry styled “Operation Jasper” investigating, amongst other things, decision of Minister for Mineral Resources to open mining area for coal exploration and award mining licences – Both inquiries produced reports which recommended Parliament pass special legislation to expunge or cancel authorities granted under Mining Act 1992 (NSW) (“Mining Act”) – Mining Amendment (Operations Jasper and Acacia) Act 2014 (NSW) inserted Sch 6A into Mining Act – Whether cl 1 to 13 of Sch 6A of Act are invalid because they constitute exercise of judicial power and Parliament of NSW may not exercise judicial power.
Constitutional law – Commonwealth Constitution, s 109 – Inconsistency between Commonwealth law and State law – Cl 11 of Sch 6A of Mining Act authorises appropriate official to publish or reproduce literary or artistic works in which plaintiffs hold copyright – Whether cl 11 of Sch 6A of Mining Act inconsistent with Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).

Short Particulars

Documents

24/07/2014 Writ of summons

24/07/2014 Notice of constitutional matter (Plaintiffs)

14/08/2014 Hearing (Single Justice, Sydney)

17/09/2014 Hearing (Single Justice, Sydney)

23/09/2014 Special case stated

22/10/2014 Written submissions (Plaintiffs)

22/10/2014 Chronology

12/11/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth intervening)

12/11/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Victoria intervening)

12/11/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of South Australia intervening)

12/11/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Western Australia intervening)

12/11/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the State of Queensland intervening)

12/11/2014 Written submissions (Defendant)

24/11/2014 Reply

10/02/2015 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

11/02/2015 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

15/04/2015 Judgment (Judgment summary)