Court orders made

Without conviction, ordered pursuant to s.67AC of the Act:

1. To carry out a specified project as detailed below for the public benefit by paying the sum of $15,000 to the Merri Creek Management Committee Inc.  The following payments to the Merri Creek Management Committee Inc. are to be made within 60 days of this Court Order.
2. The payment must be solely used as a contribution for the purpose of undertaking the following project:
Merri Moomba Pollution Solution Project
 The purpose of this project is to aid the revegetation of riparian environment in the Moomba Park section of Merri Creek, implemented in conjunction with school and local community education plan on stormwater/pollution.
3. Within 14 days of the payment, the Defendant must provide the Informant with proof of the payment made to the Merri Creek Management Committee Inc. (as referred to in paragraph one above).
4. The Defendant is prohibited from referring to this payment without reference to these proceedings.
5. Pursuant to section 67AC(2)(a) of the Act, the Defendant is ordered to publicise the offence, its consequences and the penalty and orders imposed by this Court by publishing a notice in relation to these proceedings.  Publication of the notice as worded in clause  must occur in compliance with clause 6 within 30 days of the date of this Court Order.
6. The notice referred to in paragraph 5 must
a. be in the wording specified in clause 9 below and must not be supplemented by additional text;
b. be published within 14 days of the date of this Court Order;
c. be published in the front section of the Early General News or the Editorials section of the following papers:
(i) The local paper – The Hume Leader
(ii) The Herald Sun
(iii) The Age
(iv) The Financial Review
d. be of a minimum size of 12cm by 3 columns;
e. contain the Defendant’s corporate logo.
7. The notice must also be displayed in the “news” section of the Defendant’s website, within 7 days of this court order, for a period of 30 days.
8. The Defendant must provide the Informant with a copy of each publicised notice within 3 days of the date of the notice appearing.
9. [The wording of the notice was specified.]

Costs: $5,000