Manly Council v Taheri [2008] NSWLEC 314

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Manly Council v Taheri [2008] NSWLEC 314 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

PROSECUTOR Manly Council PARTIES : DEFENDANT Siamak Taheri

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50031 of 2008, 50032 of 2008, 50033 of 2008

CORAM: Pain J

KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- sentence for plea of guilty - tree clearing without development consent and in breach of tree preservation order on private land - tree clearing without development consent on public land - whether honest mistake or deliberate act - mitigating factors - whether revegetation order appropriate

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 3A, s 21A, s 22, s 23 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 5 LEGISLATION CITED: Manly Local Environmental Plan 1988 State Environmental Planning Policy No 19 – Bushland in Urban Areas Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005

Bentley v BGP Properties Pty Ltd (2006) 145 LGERA 234 Blue Mountains City Council v Carlon [2008] NSWLEC 296 Cameron v Eurobodalla Shire Council (2006) 146 LGERA 349 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Council of Camden v Tax (2004) 137 LGERA 368 Environment Protection Authority v Barnes [2006] NSWCCA 246 Gittany Constructions Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council (2006) 145 LGERA 189 CASES CITED: Gosford City Council v Tauszik [2005] NSWLEC 266 Johnson v R (2004) 78 ALJR 616 Mosman Municipal Council v Menai Excavations Pty Ltd (2002) 122 LGERA 89 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Tauszik v Gosford City Council (2006) 146 LGERA 428 Veen v The Queen [No. 2] (1987) 164 CLR 465