Badger v Bayside City Council
Supreme Court of Victoria
John Dixon J
23/03/2022
[2022] VSC 140
Planning and environment — Planning scheme — Display of temporary election signs — Display on fence or in front garden of residence — Whether permit required — Whether display of yards sign a ‘development’ or ‘use’ — Whether cl 52.05 of the Planning Scheme regulated yard signs — Whether yard signs exempt from requiring a planning permit — Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Vic), s 3 — Bayside Planning Scheme, cls 52.05, 52.05-10, 62.01, 73.02
Statutory interpretation — Planning scheme — Whether securing temporary signs to fence by cable ties a ‘development’ or ‘use’ — Meaning of ‘event’ and applicable time limit for display of signs in cl 52.05-10 — Meaning of ‘development’ or ‘use’ — Proper construction of phrase ‘putting up for display’ — Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Vic), s 3 — Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 (Vic), s 23 — Bayside Planning Scheme, cls 52.05, 52.05-10, 62.01, 73.02
Constitutional law — Commonwealth — Implied freedom of political communication — Validity of delegated legislation — Whether Planning Scheme burdened the implied freedom of political communication — Bayside Planning Scheme, cls 52.05
Words and phrases — ‘development’ — ‘use’ — ‘promotion sign’ — ‘event’ — ‘putting up for display’
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