New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT ACT 1979 - SECT 64

64 Appearance by the Crown

(1) The Crown may appear before the Court in any case in which the public interest or any right or interest of the Crown may be affected or involved.

(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the Attorney General or the Minister for Planning and Environment, or both, may, at any stage of any proceedings before the Court, intervene by an Australian legal practitioner or an agent, and may examine witnesses and address the Court with respect to matters relevant to the proceedings.

(3) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the Minister administering the Community Welfare Act 1987 may, at any stage of any proceedings before the Court in which an approved non-Government organisation within the meaning of that Act is a party, with the consent of that organisation, intervene by an Australian legal practitioner or an agent and may examine witnesses and address the Court with respect to matters relevant to the proceedings.