Ku-Ring-Gai Municipal Council v Beaini [2001] NSWLEC 35

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Ku-Ring-Gai Municipal Council v Beaini [2001] NSWLEC 35 PROSECUTOR: Ku-Ring-Gai Municipal Council PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Beaini FILE NUMBER(S) : 50028 of 2000 CORAM: Bignold J KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- contravention of Tree Preservation Order LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 125 and s 126 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, s 10 Cooper v Coffs Harbour 97 LGERA 125; CASES CITED: Ku-Ring-Gai Municipal Council v Beaini (2001) NSWLEC 30.; Ryde City Council v Calleiga (1998) 99 LGERA 360; Walden v Hensler (1987) 163 CLR 561 DATES OF HEARING: 21 February, 2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/01/2001

PROSECUTOR: Ms J Hewitt, Solicitor SOLICITORS Abbott Tout LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT: Mr D Baird, Solicitor SOLICITORS Price Waterhouse Coopers Legal

JUDGMENT:

IN THE LAND AND Matter No. 50028 of 2000 ENVIRONMENT COURT OF Coram: Bignold J. NEW SOUTH WALES 1 March 2000

KU-RING-GAI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

Prosecutor

v

BUDDY PAUL BEAINI

Defendant

JUDGMENT

Bignold J:

A. INTRODUCTION

1. The Defendant has pleaded guilty to a charge of an offence against the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 125 in that on 19 January 2000 he cut down a number of trees situate on his property at Wahroonga without the consent of the Council, contrary to the Council's Tree Preservation Order (the TPO).