Neilson v Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment

• 1. Environment and Planning
  2. › National parks
  3. › Management of Crown land
  4. › Plan of management
  5. › Statutory duty to carry out plan
  6. › Whether Secretary has duty to implement individual policies compellable by mandamus
  7. › National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW), ss 81, 193
• 1. Environment and Planning
  2. › National parks
  3. › Plan of management
  4. › Statutory interpretation
  5. › Whether duty under s 81 is to carry out plan as a whole or each specific action
  6. › National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW), s 81
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Judicial review
  3. › Mandamus
  4. › Unreasonable delay
  5. › Whether delay in implementing plan of management policies was unreasonable
  6. › Whether cases involving statutory entitlement to a decision are distinguishable
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Judicial review
  3. › Mandamus
  4. › Discretionary refusal of relief
  5. › Utility and appropriateness of relief
  6. › Whether relief would be inutile
  7. › Whether court should order expenditure of public money for private commercial access

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