Environment Protection Authority v Port Kembla Copper Pty Ltd [2003] NSWLEC 256

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CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Port Kembla Copper Pty Ltd [2003] NSWLEC 256 PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT Port Kembla Copper Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER(S) : 50012 of 2002, 50013 of 2002, 50014 of of 2002 CORAM: Pain J KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- plea of guilty - consideration of penalty - breach of licence condition - brown spotting Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 3A, s 21A LEGISLATION CITED: Fines Act 1996 s 6 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 64, s 241 Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357; Camilleri's Stockfeeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683; Environment Protection Authority v Coggins [2003] NSWLEC 111; Environment Protection Authority v Port Kembla Copper Pty Ltd [2001] NSWLEC 174; Environment Protection Authority v Port Kembla Copper Pty Ltd [2001] NSWLEC 223; Maxwell v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 501; CASES CITED: R v Holder [1983] 3 NSWLR 245; R v Nicholls (1991) 57 A Crim R 391; R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300; R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; R v Visconti [1982] 2 NSWLR 104; State Pollution Control Commission v CSR Ltd (1992) 75 LGRA 1; Veen v The Queen [No 2] (1987 - 1988) 164 CLR 465 DATES OF HEARING: 03/07/2003, 10/07/2003 (written submissions), 14/07/2003 (written submissions), 02/09/2003 (written submissions), 09/09/2003 (written submissions), 16/09/2003 (mention) DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/31/2003