NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales CITATION: Environment Protection Authority - V - Lake Macquarie City Council [1999] NSWLEC 4
PARTIES Prosecutor Environment Protection Authority
Defendant Lake Macquarie City Council
NUMBER: 50101 of 1998
CORAM: Lloyd J
KEY ISSUES: :- Environmental protection Offences and penalties
LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental protection Offences and penalties
DATES OF HEARING: 12/10/1998; 12/11/1998; 12/18/1998
DATE OF JUDGMENT DELIVERY: 02/04/1999
Prosecutor J C Kelly LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Defendant M H Tobias QC
JUDGMENT: 1. The defendant pleads guilty to a charge that on or about 7 August 1997 at Awaba, it committed an offence against the Environmental Offences & Penalties Act 1989 in that it did pollute waters contrary to s 16(1) of the Clean Waters Act 1970.
2. The relevant facts relating to the commission of the offence and the steps subsequently taken to remedy the cause, which are now described, are derived from a Statement of Agreed Facts tendered by consent and from the affidavits, oral evidence and other material relied upon by the parties.
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