Environment Protection Authority v Floyd [2004] NSWLEC 214

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Floyd [2004] NSWLEC 214 PROSECUTOR: Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Floyd FILE NUMBER(S) : 50053 of 2003 CORAM: Bignold J KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- Director of company contravening Act-being occupier of land and permitting it to be used as a waste facility-whether sentence should have regard to existing significant civil liability imposed on Defendant-whether additional penalty offends rule against double jeopardy LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, ss 144 and 169 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 122-125, 127 Australian Oil Refining Pty Ltd v Cooper (1987) 11 NSWLR 277; Blacktown City Council v Reid [2003] NSWLEC 120; Blacktown City Council v Wilkie and Ors [2001]NSWLEC 162; Gray v Motor Accident Commission (1998) 196 CLR 1; Hawkesbury City Council v Mushroom Composters Pty Ltd (1997) 96 LGERA 12; CASES CITED: Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 614; Penrith City Council v 24/7 Waste Bins Pty Ltd [2002] NSWLEC 186; R v Hoar (1981) 148 CLR 32; R v Thompson (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; Wilkie v Blacktown City Council (2002) 121 LGERA 444; Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525; Workcover Authority of NSW v State Rail Authority of NSW (2002) NSWIRC 72 DATES OF HEARING: 28/04/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/21/2004