Environment Protection Authority v Warringah Golf Club [2003] NSWLEC 140

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CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Warringah Golf Club [2003] NSWLEC 140 PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT Warringah Golf Club FILE NUMBER(S) : 50128 of 2001 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- negligent contribution to conditions giving rise to an offence - offence proved LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 116(1), s 116(2), s 120(1), Pt 4.3 Ampol Ltd v Environment Protection Authority [1995] NSWCCA, unreported; Environmental Protection Authority v Ampol Ltd (1993) 81 LGERA 433; Environment Protection Authority v Ampol Ltd (1994) 82 LGERA 247; CASES CITED: New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1992) 75 LGERA 320; R v O'Neill (1979) 2 NSWLR 582; Seltsam Pty Ltd v McGuiness and Another; James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v McGuiness And Another (2000) 49 NSWLR 262; Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573 DATES OF HEARING: 12/05/2003, 13/05/2003, 14/05/2003, 15/05/2003, 16/05/2003, 19/05/2003, 20/05/2003, 21/05/2003, 23/05/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/19/2003

PROSECUTOR Mr SJ Rushton SC with Mr TG Howard (Barrister) SOLICITORS Environment Protection Authority LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT Mr GTW Miller QC with Mr DG Galpin (Barrister) SOLICITORS Gordon Salier Solicitor