ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES — sentence — pleas of guilty to two offences — s 143 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW) — transported waste to a place that could not lawfully be used as a waste facility for that waste — s 144AA of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act — false weighbridge dockets supplied in the course of dealing with the waste — waste contained asbestos fibres — strict liability offences — objective considerations — potential for harm — level or extent of potential harm unable to be quantified — moderate objective seriousness — subjective considerations — mitigating factors considered — offences committed under duress — failure by defendant to alert Prosecutor of his actions — failure by defendant to report threat to Police — expression of contrition and remorse — need for general deterrence — totality principle applied — fines imposed
Case Details
Citation[2014] NSWLEC 136
CourtNSWLEC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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