Environment Protection Authority v Belessis [2000] NSWLEC 251

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Belessis [2000] NSWLEC 251 PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT Belessis FILE NUMBER(S) : 50047 of 2000 CORAM: Pearlman J KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- waste disposal - plea of guilty - penalty - mitigation Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1989 s 14(2), s 15 Interpretation Act 1987 cl 30(1)(c) LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 241 Protection of the Environment Operations (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1998 cl 17 Waste Minimisation and Management Act 1995 s 63, s 65 CASES CITED: DATES OF HEARING: 27/07/2000 EX TEMPORE 07/27/2000 JUDGMENT DATE :

PROSECUTOR Mr M M Kelly (Solicitor) SOLICITORS Environment Protection Authority LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT in person SOLICITORS N/A

JUDGMENT:

IN THE LAND AND 50047 of 1999 ENVIRONMENT COURT Pearlman J OF NEW SOUTH WALES 27 July 2000

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY Prosecutor v GEORGE BELESSIS Defendant

JUDGMENT

1. The defendant, Mr George Belessis, is charged with an offence against the Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1989 ("the EOP Act") of disposing of waste on land without lawful authority, which is contrary to s 63 of the Waste Minimisation and Management Act 1995 ("the Waste Act").