NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Albury City Council [2009] NSWLEC 169
PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT Albury City Council
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50026 of 2009
CORAM: Pepper J
KEY ISSUES: PROSECUTION :- water pollution - unintentional discharge of sewage by council - guilty plea - mitigating factors - appropriate penalty
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s3A, s21A Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s3, s120, s241
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 Director-General of the Department of Environment and Climate Change v Rae [2009] NSWLEC 137 Environment Protection Authority v Boral Australian Gypsum Limited [2009] NSWLEC 26 Environment Protection Authority v Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation EPA v Cut and Fill Pty Ltd [2005] NSWLEC 401 EPA v Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (2006) 148 LGERA 299 Garrett v Freeman (No 5) (2009) 164 LGERA 287 Gittany Constructions Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council (2006) 145 LGERA 189 CASES CITED: Gosford City Council v Australian Panel Products Pty Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 77 Hawkesbury City Council v Johnson; Hawkesbury City Council v Johnson Property Group Pty Limited (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 6 Hoare v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 348 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Newcastle City Council v Pace Farm Egg Products [2002] NSWLEC 66 Ngo v Fairfield City Council [2009] NSWCCA 241 Pittwater Council v Scahill (2009) 165 LGERA 289 R v Dodd (1991) 57 A Crim R 349 R v Nichols (1991) 57 A Crim R 391 R v Sukkar 172 A Crim R 151 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 Veen v The Queen (1979) 143 CLR 458 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465
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