DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NSW) v ROSLYNDALE SHIPPING PTY LTD [2003] NSWCCA 356

Reported Decision : 59 NSWLR 210 131 LGERA 397

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NSW) v ROSLYNDALE SHIPPING PTY LTD [2003] NSWCCA 356 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 October 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 December 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Studdert J at 60; Hulme J at 61 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : ENVIRONMENTAL LAW - sentence - strict liability offence - where guilty plea - discretion to dismiss a charge without proceeding to conviction - COSTS - jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeal to hear appeal from trial judge's refusal to order costs in summary jurisdiction of Land and Environment Court - where statute permitted appeal from "any order for the payment" of costs - meaning of "order". Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 s153 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 Sch 4 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s10 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 ss2, 5AA, 5AB, 5AC, 5AE, 5D Criminal Appeal (Crimes) Amendment Act 1979 Sch 1 LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act 1902 s104 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s52 Marine Pollution Act 1987 s8 Miscellaneous Acts (Coal Mines Regulation) Repeal and Amendment Act 1982 Sch 2 Miscellaneous Acts (Planning) Repeal and Amendment Act 1979 Sch 2 Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967 s14 Borough of Glebe v Lukey (Australian Gaslight Co) (1904) 1 CLR 158 Boulter v Kent Justices [1897] AC 556 Davies v Ryan (1933) 50 CLR 379 Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd v Department of Trade and Industry [1974] 1 WLR 505 Gammon (Hong Kong) Limited v Attorney General of Hong Kong [1985] AC 1 Grayndler v Cunich (1934) 62 CLR 573 He Kaw Teh v The Queen (1985) 157 CLR 523 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 CASES CITED : Lim Chin Aik v The Queen [1963] AC 160 Morrison v Peacock (2000) 50 NSWLR 178 Morrison v Peacock (2002) 210 CLR 274 Morrison v Peacock and Roslyndale Shipping Co Pty Ltd [1999] NSWLEC 182 Palmer v Haddad [2000] NSWSC 545 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 R v Blakeley; Ex parte The Association of Architects Engineers Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia (1950) 82 CLR 54 R v Recorder of Oxford; Ex parte Brasenose College [1970] 1 QB 109 R v East Riding of Yorkshire Quarter Sessions; Ex parte Newton [1968] 1 QB 32 Thorneloe v Filipowski (2001) 52 NSWLR 60 PARTIES : Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) - Appellant Roslyndale Shipping Pty Ltd - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60210/03 COUNSEL : G E Smith - Appellant E Fullerton SC / G J Nell - Respondent SOLICITORS : C K Smith - Appellant D James - Respondent