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Bentley v BGP Properties Pty Ltd

Country/Territory
Australia
Type of court
National - lower court
Date
Feb 6, 2006
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
Seat of court
Sydney
Judge
PRESTON
Reference number
[2006] NSWLEC 34
Language
English
Subject
Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems
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.

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Website
www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au