Active Tree Services Pty Limited v Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council [2005] NSWLEC 431

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Active Tree Services Pty Limited v Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council [2005] NSWLEC 431

APPELLANT: Active Tree Services Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 60001 of 2005

CORAM: Pain J

KEY ISSUES: Appeal :- whether the Appellant contravened tree preservation order - onus of proof for matters under the Rural Fires Act 1997 - whether penalty imposed by Local Court should be reduced on the basis of the parity principle

Clean Waters Act 1970 Crimes Act 1900 s 556A Crimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001 s 31, s 37 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1986 s 10 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 26, s 76A, s 125, s 127 Ku-ring-gai Planning Scheme Ordinance cl 42 Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 Rural Fires Act 1997 s 100C, s 100D, s 100G

ADI Limited v Environment Protection Authority [2000] NSWCCA 333; Avel Pty Ltd v Multicoin Amusements Pty Ltd (1990) 171 CLR 88; Baiada & Ors v Waste Recycling & Processing Service of NSW (1999) 130 LGERA 52; Director-General, Department of Land and Water Conservation v Bailey (2003) 136 LGERA 242; DPP v United Telecaster Sydney Ltd (1990) 168 CLR 594; Environment Protection Authority v Attard [2000] NSWCCA 242; CASES CITED: Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; Lowe v R (1984) 154 CLR 606; Postiglione v R (1997) 189 CLR 295; R v Glasby (2000) 115 A Crim R 465; R v Ismunandar; R v Siregar (2002) 136 A Crim R 206; Thorneloe v Filipowski (2001) 52 NSWLR 60