Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council

[2016] NSWCA 253

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Aboriginal Land Rights
2. › Claimable Crown lands
3. › Definition under s 36(1)
4. › Residential lands exclusion under s 36(1)(b1)
5. › Whether Minister held requisite opinion at date of claim
6. › Whether opinion formed in 2004 could sustain inference of opinion in 2009
7. › Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), s 36(1)(b1)
1. Aboriginal Land Rights
2. › Claimable Crown lands
3. › Definition under s 36(1)
4. › Essential public purpose exclusion under s 36(1)(c)
5. › Whether residential use or development for private sale constitutes essential public purpose
6. › Relationship between s 36(1)(b1) and s 36(1)(c)
7. › Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), ss 36(1)(b1), (c)
1. Appeal
2. › Appeal on question of law only
3. › Land and Environment Court Class 3 jurisdiction
4. › Whether challenged findings disclosed error of law or merely error of fact
5. › Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW), s 57(1)

Quick Take

Practitioners advising on Aboriginal land claims should note that the Minister cannot rely on s 36(1)(c) to exclude land intended for ordinary private residential development from claimable Crown lands; such exclusion must be established under s 36(1)(b1) by demonstrating the Minister held the requisite opinion at the date of claim.