NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Smart Skip (NSW) Pty Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 204
PROSECUTOR PARTIES : Environment Protection Authority DEFENDANT Smart Skip (NSW) Pty Ltd
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50035 of 2009
CORAM: Pain J
KEY ISSUES: PROSECUTION :- sentence - corporation using land as waste facility without environment protection licence - waste operations in excess of threshold where no licence required - no actual environmental harm - efforts made after offence to ensure compliance with legislation- mitigating factors - order for prevention made - publication order made
LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 144, 241, 245, 250, Sch 1 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 3A, 21A
Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Environment Protection Authority v Forgacs Engineering Pty Limited [2009] NSWLEC 64 Environment Protection Authority v Ghossayn [2009] NSWLEC 181 Environment Protection Authority v Hogan [2008] NSWLEC 125 Environment Protection Authority v Holley [2009] NSWLEC 124 CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Werris Creek Coal Pty Ltd Gosford City Council v Australian Panel Products Pty Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 77 Hoare v R (1989) 167 CLR 348 at 354 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Veen v The Queen [No. 2] (1988) 164 CLR 465
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