Western Sydney Local Health District v SafeWork NSW [2024] NSWCCA 153

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Western Sydney Local Health District v SafeWork NSW [2024] NSWCCA 153 Hearing dates: 14 August 2024 Decision date: 15 August 2024 Before: Leeming JA; Payne JA; Chen J Decision: 1. The question submitted by the District Court on 17 June 2024 should be answered "This question does not raise a question of law". 2. Western Sydney Local Health District pay the costs of SafeWork NSW of and occasioned by the application. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY – question submitted to Court of Criminal Appeal pursuant to s 5AE of Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) – whether pure question of law – whether appropriate to answer Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5AA, 5AE Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW), ss 13, 17, 19, 30, 32 Cases Cited: Doyle v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCA 11 Environment Protection Authority v Grafil Pty Ltd; Environment Protection Authority v Mackenzie (No 2) [2019] NSWCCA 202 GAS v R; SJK v R (2004) 217 CLR 198; [2002] HCA 22 Jesse v Roads and Maritime Services NSW [2019] NSWCCA 176 Khatri v Price (1999) 95 FCR 287; [1999] FCA 1289 Orr v Cobar Management Pty Ltd (2020) 103 NSWLR 36; [2020] NSWCCA 220 Orr v Hunter Quarries Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCCA 39 OV & OW v Members of the Board of the Wesley Mission Council (2010) 79 NSWLR 606; [2010] NSWCA 155 SafeWork NSW v Western Sydney Local Health District [2024] NSWDC 174 Strbak v The Queen (2020) 267 CLR 494; [2020] HCA 10 The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383; [1981] HCA 31 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Wilson v Chan & Naylor Parramatta Pty Ltd (2020) 103 NSWLR 140; [2020] NSWCA 213 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Western Sydney Local Health District (Applicant) SafeWork NSW (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: B Hodgkinson AM SC, E Aitken (Applicant) T McDonald SC, B Docking, D Nagle (Respondent)