NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 172 LGERA 52
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Cessnock City Council v Quintaz Pty Limited; Cessnock City Council v McCudden [2010] NSWLEC 3
PROSECUTOR Cessnock City Council PARTIES : DEFENDANTS Quintaz Pty Limited Allan Leslie McCudden
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50022 of 2009; 50023 of 2009
CORAM: Pepper J
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES :- clean up notice - corporate defendant - guilty plea - no actual harm to environment - fine imposed KEY ISSUES: ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES :- notice for information - failure to comply with notice without lawful excuse - guilty plea - individual defendant - fine imposed
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Fines Act 1996 Protection of the Environment Operation Act 1997 Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2001
Abdel Alameddine v R [2006] NSWCCA 317 Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 Bentley v BGP Properties Pty Ltd (2006) 145 LGERA 234 Cabonne Shire Council v Environment Protection Authority (2001) 115 LGERA 304 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Environment Protection Authority v Hargraves (No 2) (2003) 124 LGERA 57 Environment Protection Authority v Peters (2006) 153 LGERA 238 EPA v Barnes [2006] NSWCCA 246 Garrett v Freeman (No 5) (2009) 164 LGERA 287 Garrett v Williams (2006) 160 LGERA 115 Gittany Constructions Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council (2006) 145 LGERA 189 Graham v R [2009] NSWCCA 212 Great Lakes Council v Mood (No 2) [2008] NSWLEC 68 Hardie Holdings Pty Ltd v Director-General of the Department of Natural Resources (2007) 151 LGERA 373 CASES CITED: Hoare v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 348 Keir v Sutherland Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 754 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Minister for Planning v Fancott Pty Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 170 Oberon Council v Australian Game Meats Limited [2002] NSWLEC 96 Pittwater Council v Scahill (2009) 165 LGERA 289 Plath v Chaffey [2009] NSWLEC 196 Plath v Rawson [2009] NSWLEC 178 R v Dodd (1991) 57 A Crim R 349 R v Hammoud (2000) 118 A Crim R 66 R v Hoerler (2004) 147 A Crim R 520 R v Nichols (1991) 57 A Crim R 391 SZ v The Queen (2007) 168 A Crim R 249 Veen v The Queen (1979) 143 CLR 458 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465
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