NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales CITATION: Environment Protection Authority v Bituminous Products Pty Ltd [1999] NSWLEC 247
PARTIES PROSECUTOR: Environment Protection Authority
DEFENDANT: Bituminous Products Pty Ltd
NUMBER: 50140 of 1998
CORAM: Talbot J
KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- oil spill - penalty
LEGISLATION CITED: Clean Waters Act 1970 s 16
DATES OF HEARING: 09/23/1999
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE: 09/23/1999
PROSECUTOR: Mr M Kelly (Solicitor)
SOLICITORS: Environment Protection Authority LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT: Mr B J Preston (Barrister)
SOLICITORS: Leigh Virtue and Associates
JUDGMENT:
IN THE LAND AND Matter No. 50140 of 1998 ENVIRONMENT COURT Coram: Talbot J OF NEW SOUTH WALES Decision Date: 23 September 1999
Environment Protection Authority Prosecutor v Bituminous Products Pty Ltd Defendant
EX TEMPORE REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
1. HIS HONOUR: In this matter the defendant is charged that on 30 November 1997 at its premises in Revesby it committed an offence against the Environmental Offences and Penalties Act , as it then was, by actually polluting waters contrary to s 16(1) of the Clean Waters Act.
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