NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Australian Waste Recyclers 1 Pty Ltd [2005] NSWLEC 739
PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT Australian Waste Recyclers 1 Pty Limited
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50106 of 2003
CORAM: Cowdroy J
KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- breach of licence conditions - hazardous waste - whether defendant knew classification of waste - deliberate receipt of hazardous waste in breach of licence - whether environmental harm from disposal of waste can be considered - penalty - daily penalty
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 3A, s 21A, s 22, s 23 LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 64(1), s 115, s 241, s 248, s 250, Sch 1 Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 1996
Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357; Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339; Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683; CSR Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (2000) 110 LGERA 334; Environment Protection Authority v Allied Industrial Services Pty Ltd [2005] NSWLEC 501; Environment Protection Authority v BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd (2004) 132 LGERA 213; Environment Protection Authority v Capral Aluminium Ltd (unreported, Land and Environment Court, Cowdroy J, 18 December 1998); Environment Protection Authority v Collex Pty Ltd [2002] NSWLEC 196; Environment Protection Authority v HTT Huntley Heritage Pty Ltd (2003) 125 LGERA 332; Environment Protection Authority v Incitec Limited (2003) 131 LGERA 176; Environment Protection Authority v Lithgow Coal Company Pty Limited [2003] NSWLEC 430; Environment Protection Authority v Metalcorp Recyclers Pty Limited [2001] NSWLEC 253; CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Port Kembla Copper Pty Ltd (2001) 115 LGERA 391; Environment Protection Authority v TransGrid [2003] NSWLEC 18; Filipowski v Frey [2005] NSWLEC 661; Johnson v R (2004) 205 ALR 346; Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59; Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; R v Holder; R v Johnston [1983] 3 NSWLR 245; R v O'Neill [1979] 2 NSWLR 582; R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; Siganto v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 656; The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383; The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; Walsh v Tattersall (1996) 188 CLR 77
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