Wakool Shire Council v Garrision Cattle Feeders Pty Limited [2010] NSWLEC 199

177 LGERA 282 Reported Decision : [2011] ALMD 776 [2011] ALMD 775 [2011] ALMD 679

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Wakool Shire Council v Garrision Cattle Feeders Pty Limited [2010] NSWLEC 199 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

PROSECUTOR Wakool Shire Council PARTIES : DEFENDANT Garrison Cattle Feeders Pty Limited

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50033 of 2010

CORAM: Sheahan J

KEY ISSUES: CRIMINAL LAW :- formulation of charge - does section create only one offence - duplicity, ambiguity or uncertainty - patent and latent duplicity - particulars have not overcome the duplicity, ambiguity, or uncertainty - requirement that prosecutor elect among alternative formulations of a charge or charges under the statutory provisions

LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

Altaranesi v Whalan [2010] NSWSC 149 B v R [2008] NSWCCA 85 Davis v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 392 Empress Car Co (Abertillery) Ltd v National Rivers Authority [1998] 1 All ER 481 Environment Protection Authority v Hardt [2006] NSWLEC 438; 148 LGERA 61 Environment Protection Authority v Hogan [2008] NSWLEC 125 CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Gossayan [2009] NSWLEC 181 Environment Protection Authority v Smart Skip Pty Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 204 Ex parte Polley; re McLennan (1947) 47 SR (NSW) 391 Gerondal v Eurobodalla Shire Council [2009] NSWLEC 160 Hardt v Environmental Protection Authority [2007] NSWCCA 338; 156 LGERA 337 R v Manwaring [1983] 2 NSWLR 82 Romeyko v Samuels [1971-2] 2 SASR 529