NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Plath v Knox [2007] NSWLEC 670
PROSECUTOR Gordon Plath PARTIES : DEFENDANT John Archibald Knox
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50001 of 2007
CORAM: Pain J
KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- Sentencing - aerial spraying of pesticide resulting in damaged vegetation in national park - serious environmental harm - means to pay - mitigating circumstances
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 3A, s21A, s 22 Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Fines Act 1996 s 6, s 10 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 s2A, 30E, s 156A Pesticides Act 1999 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357; Bentley v BGP Properties (2006) 145 LGERA 234; Environment Protection Authority v Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (2006) 148 LGERA 299; EPA v Barnes [2006] NSWCCA 246; CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Rohan John Williams [2006] NSWLEC 722; Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Limited v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683; R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300; Veen v R (No 1) (1979) 143 CLR 458; Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1987-1988) 164 CLR 465
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