Blacktown City Council v Pace & Anor [2002] NSWLEC 142

Reported Decision : (2002) 121 LGERA 432

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Blacktown City Council v Pace & Anor [2002] NSWLEC 142 PARTIES : DEFENDANTS Francis George Pace and Joseph Pace FILE NUMBER(S) : 50127 of 2001 CORAM: Pain J Construction and Interpretation :- meaning of use in s 144 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 - meaning of permits in s 144 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 KEY ISSUES: Prosecution:- use of land as waste facilty - not guilty plea - whether offence proven Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 s 69, s 165 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s144 Bonus Pty Ltd v Leichhardt Municipal Council (1954) 19 LGR 375; Broad v Parish (1941) 64 CLR 588; Byron Shire Council v The Rising Damp Corporation Pty Ltd [2001] NSWLEC 260; Environmental Protection Authority v Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd (2000) 112 LGERA 1; Gray's Haulage Co. Limited v Arnold [1966] 1 WLR 534; CASES CITED: Giorgianni v The Queen (1985) 156 CLR 473; LN Price Pty Ltd v Leichhardt Municipal Council (1959) 4 LGRA 63; Lyver v The State of Victoria [1983] 2 VR 475; R v Buckett (1995) 126 FLR 435; Sweet v Parsley [1969] 1 All ER 347; The Corporation of the City of Adelaide v The Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd (1928) 40 CLR 481; William McKenzie Pty Ltd v Leichhardt Municipal Council (1964) 10 LGRA 137 DATES OF HEARING: 19, 20/06/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/20/2002