Australia, April 27 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 28:
1. The Defendant has entered pleas of guilty to two offences under s 9.51 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) (EP&A Act) in that it carried out development that required development consent and for which development consent had been obtained contrary to the conditions of consent, and therefore contrary to section 4.2(1)(b) of the EP&A Act.
2. The Prosecutor has departmental responsibility for planning and administration of the provisions of the EP&A Act and is subject to the control and direction of the Minister for Planning (s 2.2 EP&A Act).
3. A plea of guilty is an admission of all the essential...