Legal Actions | National Environment & Planning Agency

2018
Name	Breach	Decision
R v. Brett Thwaites	Breach of the Wild Life Protection Act: Did unlawfully hunt game birds in excess of the maximum of twenty by one person during the period sunrise 9:00a.m. contrary to The Wild Life Protection (Game Bird Hunting Limit) Regulations 2007, Regulation 2	Decision(s)/Orders(s): Wednesday, September 12, 2018. Plea: Guilty Sentence: $20,000.00.
R v. Vivian Robinson (Water’s Edge Villa )	The Defendant is charged with breaches of the Beach Control Act. More specifically: i. Encroachment of 21 pylons.	Decision(s)/Orders(s): Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Plea: Guilty Listed for sentencing, Monday, December 10, 2018. Monday, December 10, 2018 Sentence: $100,000 or Three (3) months imprisonment
R v. Trevor Dunkley	Breach of the Natural Resources Conservation Act, 1991 s. 9(2). Defendant was charged for operating a dispensing and storage petroleum facility without an environmental permit.	Decisions/Orders granted: Mention on Thursday September 13, 2018 (Bench Warrant served.)
R v. (1) Michael Harris and (2) Clive McNuff	Breach of the Wild Life Protection Act: Did unlawfully kill, capture or willfully molest a protected animal as well as possess parts of a protected letter contrary to s. 6 and 6A of the Wild Life Protection Act.	Decision(s)/Order(s): Wednesday, September 19, 2018. Sentence: $25,000.00 for each charge. [Each defendant was fined a total of $50,000.00]
R v. Dragon Court Foods Ltd	Breach of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Plastic Packing Material Prohibition) Order, 2018	Decision(s)/Orders(s): Wednesday, November 11, 2019 Sentence: $25,000.00 or 30 days in prison
R v. Rashidi Williams	The Defendant was charged with breaches of the Beach Control Act. More specifically: Encroaching on the foreshore and floor of the sea and floor of the sea by dredging without a Beach Licence Encroaching on the foreshore and floor of the sea by dredging without a Beach Licence. Encroaching on the foreshore and floor of the Sea by reclamation, through Dumping of boulders on the Foreshore and Floor of the Sea without a Licence	Decisions/Orders granted: September 6, 2017 Plea: Guilty Sentence: $150,000.00. Following pleas in mitigation the charge was withdrawn.
R v. Nordie Smith	The Defendant was charged with the operation and construction of a wastewater treatment facility without a permit contrary to The Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act s. 9(2)	Decisions/Order(s): Wednesday September 20, 2018 Order: Admonished and discharged.

2017
Name	Breach	Decision
R v. Horace Mair	The Defendant is charged with shooting twenty-three (23) Bald-pate Doves at Dovecot Memorial Park, Kirkpatrick, Orange, St. James contrary to The Wild Life Protection (Game Bird Hunting Limit) Regulations, 2004, Reg. 2	Decisions/Order(s) July 20, 2017 Verdict: Guilty Sentence: $30,000.00
R v. Dancorp Limited, Dansinghani Bindu and Dansinghani Gabind. Information No. 2992/ 2015	The Defendant/Company is charged under Section 9(2) of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act for operating a nature based tourism attraction without a permit.	Decisions/Orders granted: August 10, 2017 Plea: Guilty. Sentence: $20,000.00
R v. Ronnie Elmhirst	Breach of the s. 9(1) of the Beach Control Act	Decisions/Orders granted: August 22, 2017 Order: Ms. Elmhirst ordered to collect and pay for her Beach Licence. [Ms. Elmhirst complied on September 5, 2017]