Original language
English
Country
Australia
Date of text
Type of court
National - lower court
Sources
Court name
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
Seat of court
Sydney
Reference number
[2006] NSWLEC 34
Link to full text
Justice(s)
PRESTON
Abstract
The defendant, BGP Properties Pty Limited, cleared an area of land on which a protected species of plant listed in the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 was located. In doing so, he destroyed thousands of plants of the so-called Tetratheca juncea and therefore was charged with picking a threatened species under s 118A(2) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. The defendant pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined the sum of $40,000.