Environmental Counsel to the Board of the Environment Protection Authority

19/06/2019

Expressions of Interest

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is seeking expressions of interest from senior and junior counsel for appointment as Environmental Counsel to the EPA Board.

The EPA is the primary environmental regulator for NSW. We partner with business, government and the community to reduce pollution and waste, protect human health, and prevent degradation of the environment.

Under the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, Environmental Counsel are practising barristers approved by the Minister for Energy and Environment and engaged by the EPA. The functions of Environmental Counsel include:

• advising the EPA Board in relation to proposed serious environment protection offences under legislation administered by the EPA, so that the Board can determine whether or not the EPA should prosecute those offences;
• advising the EPA Board on matters as requested; and
• appearing for the EPA in matters as instructed.

Expressions of interest close on 21 June 2019. For more information and to apply please click here.