Environment Protection Authority v CSR Ltd trading as CSR Woodpanels [2001] NSWLEC 267

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v CSR Ltd trading as CSR Woodpanels [2001] NSWLEC 267 PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT CSR Ltd trading as CSR Woodpanels FILE NUMBER(S) : 50080 of 1997 CORAM: Pearlman J KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- tier 1 offence - penalty - discount for utilitarian value of plea of guilty LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Offences & Penalties Act 1989 s 6(1), s 9 CSR Ltd trading as CSR Woodpanels v Environment Protection Authority (2000) 110 LGERA 334; Environment Protection Authority v CSR Ltd (t/as CSR Woodpanels) (1998) 45 NSWLR 357; Environment Protection Authority v CSR Ltd (trading as CSR Woodpanels) (1999) 103 LGERA 161; CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v CSR Ltd (trading as CSR Woodpanels) [1999] NSWLEC 173; Environment Protection Authority v CSR Ltd trading as CSR Woodpanels (Pearlman J, NSWLEC, 14 November 1997, unreported); Environment Protection Authority v CSR Ltd trading as CSR Woodpanels (Pearlman J, NSWLEC, 18 December 1997, unreported); Environment Protection Authority v CSR Ltd trading as CSR Woodpanels (2001) 114 LGERA 217; R v Thomson (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 DATES OF HEARING: 26/10/2001 EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 10/26/2001

PROSECUTOR Mr S J Rushton SC SOLICITORS Environment Protection Authority LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT Mr I S Lloyd QC SOLICITORS Mallesons Stephen Jaques