70617 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ouster Clause, Jurisdictional Error, Appellate Jurisdiction
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A privative clause is a provision in a statute that aims to prevent or restrict judicial review of administrative or other action, even if that action is flawed or illegal. Courts have taken a very restrictive (and highly creative) interpretation of privative clauses. Ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er, (cid:373)ost po(cid:449)erful judi(cid:272)ial resour(cid:272)e for i(cid:374)terpreti(cid:374)g pc(cid:859)s is the cth co(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) ((cid:858)cc(cid:859)) The cth constitution has been interpreted as providing for an (cid:858)e(cid:374)tre(cid:374)(cid:272)hed (cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:373)u(cid:373) pro(cid:448)isio(cid:374) of judi(cid:272)ial re(cid:448)ie(cid:449)(cid:859) that must be respected by both cth and state parliaments. Hc emphasise s 75(v) preserves an entrenched minimum provision of jr jurisdiction to ensure officers of. Cth (cid:374)either e(cid:454)(cid:272)eed (cid:374)or (cid:374)egle(cid:272)t (cid:858)a(cid:374)(cid:455) jurisdi(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the la(cid:449) (cid:272)o(cid:374)fers o(cid:374) the(cid:373)(cid:859); plaintiff s157/2002 v cth (2003) 211 clr 476. Current position: parliament cannot deprive hc of its original jurisdiction to issue the constitutional remedies on the basis of a jurisdictional error. So all we need to do is find jurisdictional error.
