Environment Protection Authority v Riverina (Australia) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWLEC 190

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Environment Protection Authority v Riverina (Australia) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWLEC 190 Hearing dates: 1, 3 December 2014 Decision date: 05 December 2014 Jurisdiction: Class 5 Before: Pepper J Decision: Summons bad for duplicity. Prosecutor to elect to avoid the duplicity or summons to be struck out. Catchwords: ENVIRONMENTAL PROSECUTION: whether summons bad for duplicity with respect to manner of contravention and scope of pollutant as particularised by the prosecution - applicable legal principles - whether, if duplicitous, appropriate remedy strike out or prosecutor to make election - summons duplicitous - prosecutor to elect to avoid the duplicity or summons to be struck out. Legislation Cited: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, ss 120, 257 Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009, Sch 5 Cases Cited: Brownlie v State Pollution Control Commission (1992) 27 NSWLR 78 Chapman v R [2013] NSWCCA 91; (2013) 232 A Crim R 500 Coco v R [1994] HCA 15; (1994) 179 CLR 427 CSR Ltd (t/as CSR Woodpanels) v Environmental Protection Authority [2000] NSWCCA 373; (2000) 110 LGERA 334 Environment Protection Authority v Bathurst City Council (1995) 89 LGERA 79 Environment Protection Authority v Brazel [2002] NSWLEC 7; (2002) 119 LGERA 72 Environment Protection Authority v Brazel (No 2) [2002] NSWLEC 26 Environment Protection Authority v Snowy Mountains Engineering Corp Pty Ltd (1994) 83 LGERA 51 Environment Protection Authority v Truegain Pty Ltd [2012] NSWLEC 41; (2012) 186 LGERA 412 Environment Protection Authority v Truegain Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCCA 204; (2013) 85 NSWLR 125 Hamzy v R (1994) 74 A Crim R 341 Hedberg v Wodhal [1913] HCA 2; (1913) 15 CLR 531 John L Pty Ltd v Attorney-General (NSW) [1987] HCA 42; (1987) 163 CLR 508 Johnson v Miller [1937] HCA 77; (1937) 59 CLR 467 Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2010] HCA 1; (2010) 239 CLR 531 McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority [2000] NSWCCA 367; (2000) 50 NSWLR 127 Newcastle City Council v Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWLEC 241; (2005) 141 LGERA 133 Pace Egg Farm Products Pty Ltd v Newcastle City Council [2006] NSWCCA 403; (2006) 151 LGERA 260 Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth [2003] HCA 2; (2003) 211 CLR 476 Potter v Minahan [1908] HCA 63; (1908) 7 CLR 277 S v R [1989] HCA 66; (1989) 168 CLR 266 Walsh v Tattersall [1996] HCA 26; (1996) 188 CLR 77 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Environment Protection Authority (Prosecutor) Riverina (Australia) Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Ms M England (Prosecutor) Mr C Ireland (Defendant) Office of Environment and Heritage (Prosecutor) McCullough Robertson Lawyers (Defendant) File Number(s):