NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Hanson Precast Pty Limited [2008] NSWLEC 285
PROSECUTOR: Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Hanson Precast Pty Limited
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50030 of 2008
CORAM: Biscoe J
KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- plea of guilty to oil pollution of waters contrary to s 120(1) of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 - appropriate sentence.
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A, 22, 23 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW), ss 3, 120, 123, 241, 248
Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 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 Environment Protection Authority v Hochtief AG and Thiess Pty Ltd [2007] NSWLEC 177 Environment Protection Authority v Waste Recycling and Processing Corp (2006) 148 LGERA 299 CASES CITED: Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 R v Carroll [2008] NSWCCA 218 R v McNaughton (2006) 66 NSWLR 566 R v Slattery (1996) 90 A Crim R 519 R v Thompson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Whyte (2002) 55 NSWLR 252 Veen v The Queen (1979) 143 CLR 458
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