EPA v Fletcher [2001] NSWLEC 104

Reported Decision : 114 LGERA 187

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : EPA v Fletcher [2001] NSWLEC 104 PROSECUTOR PARTIES : Environment Protection Authority DEFENDANT Leslie James Fletcher FILE NUMBER(S) : 50016 of 2000 CORAM: Sheahan J KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- land used as a waste facillity without lawful authority - plea of guilty to part of charge Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1989 LEGISLATION CITED: Local Government Act 1919 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 Waste Minimisation & Management Act 1995 s 64 Waste Minimisation & Management Regulaltion 1996 Hawkesbury City Local Environmental Plan 1989 Baulkham Hills Shire Council v O'Donnell (1990) 69 LGRA 404; Brown v EPA & Anor (1992) 78 LGERA 119; EPA v Daracon Engineering Pty Ltd (1998) 97 LGERA 415; EPA v Orange City Council (Stein J, 50045 of 1995, 23 June 1995); Holroyd City Council v Murdoch (1994) 82 LGERA 197; Iron Gates Developments Pty Ltd v Richmond-Evans Environmental Society Inc (1992) 81 LGERA 132; CASES CITED: Lizzio & Anor v Ryde Municipal Council (1983) 155 CLR 211; Proudman v Dayman (1994) 67 CLR 536; Regina v Dodsworth (1837) 8 Car.&P.467; R v Minchington (1998) 104 A.Crim.R 502; R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; R v Thomson [2000] NSWCCA 309; Surrey County Council v Battersby [1965] 2 QB 194; Taylor v Hornsby Shire Council (1990) 69 LGRA 281 DATES OF HEARING: 18/12/2000-20/12/2000, 9/02/01 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/31/2001