The Court of Criminal Appeal has allowed an appeal against the Land and Environment Court’s decision in Environment Protection Authority v McMurray [2024] NSWLEC 6, finding that the special executive liability provisions in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act…
This decision has been overturned on appeal. See our blog in respect of the appeal judgment here. In a recent NSW Land and Environment Court decision, the Court rejected an appeal against a decision of the Local Court to stay…
In a recent decision, the NSW Land and Environment Court considered the rules of statutory interpretation which apply to time limitations for the commencement of prosecutions under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (‘NPW Act‘) and the Biodiversity Conservation Act…
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (‘EPA‘) has released a draft Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2022 (‘Draft Regulation‘) for public consultation. The Draft Regulation proposes to remake the Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2021 (‘2021 Regulation‘), which…