Environment Protection Authority v Rands [2019] NSWLEC 23

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Environment Protection Authority v Rands [2019] NSWLEC 23 Hearing dates: 5 March 2019 Date of orders: 08 March 2019 Decision date: 08 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Class 5 Before: Pepper J Decision: See orders at [176]. Catchwords: ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES: plea of guilty by a director of a company to offence of operating a waste facility without lawful authority – sentencing principles – determination of the objective seriousness of the offence – consideration of the subjective circumstances of the defendant – examination of comparable cases – monetary penalty imposed. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss 3A, 21A, 22 Criminal Procedure Act 1986, s 257B Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2005, cl 42 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, ss 3, 144(1), 169(1), 241, Sch 1 Cases Cited: Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 Bentley v BGP Properties Pty Limited [2006] NSWLEC 34; (2006) 145 LGERA 234 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Chief Environmental Regulator of the Environment Protection Authority v The Forestry Corporation of New South Wales [2017] NSWLEC 132 Chief Executive, Office of Environment & Heritage v Orica Pty Ltd; Environment Protection Authority v Orica Pty Ltd [2015] NSWLEC 109 Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Leda Management Services Pty Ltd [2013] NSWLEC 111 Environment Protection Authority v Ecolab Pty Ltd [2002] NSWLEC 206; (2002) 123 LGERA 269 Environment Protection Authority v Elf Farm Supplies Pty Ltd [2017] NSWLEC 60 Environment Protection Authority v Geoff Robinson Pty Ltd [2011] NSWLEC 14 Environment Protection Authority v Gilder [2018] NSWLEC 119 Environment Protection Authority v Hanna [2010] NSWLEC 98 Environment Protection Authority v M A Roche Group Pty Ltd [2015] NSWLEC 29 Environment Protection Authority v Smart Skip (NSW) Pty Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 204 Environment Protection Authority v Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation [2006] NSWLEC 419; (2006) 148 LGERA 299 Gittany Constructions Pty Limited v Sutherland Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 242; (2006) 145 LGERA 189 Gordon Plath of the Department of Environment and Climate Change v Fish [2010] NSWLEC 144; (2010) 179 LGERA 386 Green v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; (2011) 244 CLR 462 Harris v Harrison [2014] NSWCCA 84; (2014) 86 NSWLR 422 Henderson v R [2012] NSWCCA 65 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mouawad v the Hills Shire Council; Mouawad v the Hills Shire Council [2013] NSWLEC 165; (2013) 199 LGERA 28 Newcastle City Council v Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Ltd [2002] NSWLEC 66 Plath v Rawson [2009] NSWLEC 178; (2009) 170 LGERA 253 Plath v Vaccount Pty t/as Tableland Timbers [2011] NSWLEC 202 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment v Charbon Coal Pty Ltd [2016] NSWLEC 106 Category: Sentence Parties: Environment Protection Authority (Prosecutor) Geoffrey Barrett Rands (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr E Bateman (Solicitor) (Prosecutor) Ms F Berglund (Defendant)