NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: SafeWork NSW v Western Sydney Local Health District [2024] NSWDC 174 Hearing dates: 27 February 2024; 11 March 2024; 18 March 2024; 9 April 2024; 26 April 2024 Date of orders: 14 May 2024 Decision date: 14 May 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Strathdee DCJ Decision: (1) I make an order in accordance with prayer 1 of the Notice of Motion filed 9 April 2024. (2) I vacate the hearing dates of 20-31 May 2024 inclusive. (3) I reserve the question of costs of the Motion. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – prosecution – work health and safety – duty of persons undertaking business – risk of death or serious injury Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) District Court Act 1973 (NSW) District Court Rules 1973 (NSW) Occupational Health and Safety Act 2002 (NSW) Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bowling v General Motors-Holden Pty Ltd (1975) 8 ALR 197 Bulga Underground Operations Pty Ltd v Nash [2016] NSWCCA 37 Downey v Acting District Court Judge Boulton (No 5) [2010] NSWCA 240 Environment Protection Authority of NSW v Goulburn Wool Scour Pty Ltd (2004) 137 LEGRA 280 Inspector Orr v Perilya Broken Hill Limited [2018] NSWDC 28 Jago v District Court of New South Wales (1989) 168 CLR 23 Orr v Cobar Management Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCCA 220 Orr v Hunter Quarries Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCCA 39 R v BB (No 5) [2019] NSWSC 1393 R v Lykouras (2005) NSWCCA 8 R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 7) [2019] NSWSC 1916 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 14 NSWLR 374 R v Winchester (1992) 58 A Crim R 345 SafeWork NSW v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Limited (No 2) [2020] NSWDC 668 SafeWork NSW v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Limited (No 2) [2020] NSWDC 668 SafeWork NSW v NSW Western Sydney Local Health District [2023] NSWDC 279 SafeWork NSW v Southern Meats Pty Ltd [2023] NSWDC 204 Serratore (1999) NSWCCA 377; (1999) 48 NSWLR 101 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: SafeWork NSW (Prosecutor) Western Sydney Local Health District (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr B Docking and Mr D Nagle (for the Prosecutor) Mr B Hodgkinson AM SC and Ms E Aitken (for the Defendant)
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