Mt Wills Gold v Minister
Supreme Court of Victoria
Garde J
14/06/2022
[2022] VSC 312
Mining and minerals — Licence application — Concurrent competing applications — Ranking — Refusal of highest ranking application — Variation of licence — Adjoining existing licence varied to encompass area applied for under lower ranked licence application — Decision made outside statutory period for decision — Judicial review — Validity of decisions — Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (Vic), ss 13, 15, 23, 24, 25(1)(d), 25(2), 34
Mining and minerals — Mining warden — Jurisdiction — Dispute — Challenge to decision of Minister made by delegate employee — Whether dispute with ‘employee of the Department’ — Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (Vic), ss 4(1), 97, 130 — Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 (Vic), ss 42(1), 42(1)(c)
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