Administrative Law final notes
Final condensed notes for administrative law. 42 pages.
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Standing
• Standing is the ability to institute and maintain proceedings and to seek relief
• Today considerable convergence on a “sufficient connection with the subject matter” test for
seeking of judicial review and the specific remedies.
• Rationale for rules on standing (preventing ‘busybodies’ from interfering, ‘floodgates’ argument)
Statutory Standing
ADJR Act
(worded same as CL tests)
• “Person aggrieved” is the test for standing under the ADJR Act, which is defined as a
person whose interests are affected by the decision/conduct/failure
• Attorney-General always has standing to enforce “public rights”
– Of his own motion
– Or on the “relation” of a private person
• The AG’s decision is not justiciable
• Discussion in Bateman’s Bay…
• ACF v Cth
– Tourist development in Qld - ACF made submissions on EIS - Departure from Administr...
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