Bone v Mothershaw [2002] QCA 120

STATUTES - BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS - VALIDITY - REPUGNANCY - IN GENERAL - REPUGNANCY TO AUTHORIZING STATUTE - whether a law prohibiting the removal of and forcing the replacement of trees on private property is valid - where s 36 (3) of the City of Brisbane Act 1924 was amended to include the words "the environment".

STATUTES - BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS - VALIDITY - UNREASONABLENESS - PARTICULAR CASES - where the by-law could be read to be beyond the power of the organisation - whether the legislation's validity can be tested in that way.

STATUTES - BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS - VALIDITY - VAGUENESS AND UNCERTAINTINY - IN GENERAL - where the word "any" was used - whether the order made under the by-law exceeded the limits of the by-law - where the subject of an order is required to take action to the satisfaction of the local authority - where the provision suffers from fatal uncertainty.

STATUTES - BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS - VALIDITY - REPUGNANCY - IN GENERAL - REPUGNANCY TO GENERAL LAW - where a by-law is inconsistent with general or common law - whether the result is an invalid by-law.

Acquisition of Land Act 1967

Local Government Act 1993

Vegetation Management Act 1999

Attorney-General v De Keyser's Royal Hotel [1920] UKHL 1; [1920] AC 508, considered

C J Burland Pty Ltd v Metropolitan Meat Industry Board [1968] HCA 77; (1968) 120 CLR 400, distinguished

Commonwealth v New South Wales [1923] HCA 34; (1923) 33 CLR 1, considered

Commonwealth v Tasmania (Dam Case) [1983] HCA 21; (1983) 158 CLR 1, considered

Cullis v Ahern [1914] HCA 59; (1914) 18 CLR 540, applied

Durham Holdings Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales (2001) 75 ALJR 501, applied

Fejo v Northern Territory of Australia [1998] HCA 58; (1998) 195 CLR 96

Fraser v Hemming [1911] St R Qd 139, applied

Ibralebbe v The Queen [1964] AC 900, considered

Jerusalem Jaffa District Governor v Suleiman Murra [1926] AC 321, applied

King Gee Clothing Co Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth [1945] HCA 23; (1945) 71 CLR 184, considered

Kwiksnax Mobile Industrial & General Caterers Pty Ltd v Logan City Council [1994] 1 Qd R 291, distinguished

London County Council v James [1912] 2 KB 504 considered

Lynch & Standon v Brisbane City Council [1961] HCA 19; (1961) 104 CLR 353, considered

Mitchell v Lemm (1908) 3 HKLR 75, considered

R v District Court of the Northern District of Queensland; Ex parte Thompson [1968] HCA 48; (1968) 118 CLR 488, applied

Randwick Municipal Council v Rutledge [1959] HCA 63; (1959) 102 CLR 54, 71 considered

Riel v R; Ex parte Riel (1885) 10 App Cas 675, applied

Union Steamship Co of Australia Pty Ltd v King [1988] HCA 55; (1988) 166 CLR 1, considered

Widgee Shire Council v Bonney [1907] HCA 11; (1907) 4 CLR 977, applied

Williams v Melbourne Corporation [1933] HCA 56; (1933) 49 CLR 142, applied

Brisbane City Council Legal Practice for the respondent