NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Plath v Chaffey [2009] NSWLEC 196
PROSECUTOR Gordon Plath of the Department of Environment and Climate Change PARTIES : DEFENDANT Brian George Chaffey
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50005, 50007, 50008, 50009, 50010 of 2009
CORAM: Preston CJ
KEY ISSUES: ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES :- harming threatened species of animals and protected fauna - collecting eggs of threatened species and protected fauna - sentence - offences of low to medium objective gravity - substantial environmental harm - intentional commission of offences - early plea of guilty - prior good character - remorse - assistance to authorities - limited means to pay fine - appropriateness of penalty being community service order
Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999, ss 3, 108 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss 3A, 8, 21A, 22, 23, 86, 87, 90, 115 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Procedure Act 1986, ss 257B, 257G Fines Act 1996, ss 4, 6, 7, 10 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, ss 5, 98(2), 118A(1), 138(1)(b), 176(3) Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, s 10(4)
Bentley v BGP Properties Pty Ltd [2006] NSWLEC 34; (2006) 145 LGERA 234 Environment Protection Authority v Taylor [No 4] [2002] NSWLEC 59; (2002) 120 LGERA 414 Garrett v Freeman (No 5); Garrett v Port Macquarie Hastings Council; Carter v Port Macquarie Hastings Council [2009] NSWLEC 1; (2009) 164 LGERA 287 Garrett v Williams [2006] NSWLEC 785; (2006) 160 LGERA 115 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Pearce v The Queen [1998] HCA 57; (1998) 194 CLR 610 Plath v Rawson [2009] NSWLEC 178 CASES CITED: R v Janceski [2005] NSWCCA 288 R v Kelleher [2008] EWCA Crim 3055; [2009] 2 Cr App R (S) 25 R v Rahme (1989) 43 A Crim R 81 R v Said El Masri [2005] NSWCCA 167 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Weldon; R v Carberry [2002] NSWCCA 475; (2002) 136 A Crim R 55 R v Wisbey [2001] NSWCCA 434 Ryan v The Queen [2001] HCA 21; (2001) 206 CLR 207 Weininger v The Queen [2003] HCA 14; (2003) 212 CLR 629
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