SafeWork NSW v Western New South Wales Local Health District [2024] NSWDC 423

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: SafeWork NSW v Western New South Wales Local Health District [2024] NSWDC 423 Hearing dates: 4 September 2023; 29 November 2023; 4 March 2024; 24 April 2024 Date of orders: 02 September 2024 Decision date: 02 September 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Scotting DCJ Decision: (1) I grant leave to the prosecutor to amend the summons to include [9] of the PAS as set out in this judgment, and [10](a)(i)-(vi) and [10](e) of the PAS. (2) I disallow the amendments pleaded in [10](a)(vii)-(viii), [10](b), [10](c) and [10](d), [11] and [12] of the PAS. (3) The prosecutor is to file an Amended Summons on or before 4pm on 9 September 2024. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – prosecution – work health and safety – duty of persons undertaking business – duty of employers – risk of death or serious injury – injury to worker – application to amend summons Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 District Court Rules 1973 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 Cases Cited: Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd v Glenister [2015] VSCA 344 Borodin v R [2006] NSWCCA 83 Director of Public Prosecutions v Kypri (2011) VR 157 Johnson v Miller (1937) 59 CLR 467 Kirk v Industrial Relations of NSW and Anor (2010) 239 CLR 531 R v Sepulveda [2003] NSWCCA 131 R v Stuart NSWCCA unreported 8 March 1996 Rajendran v R [2010] NSWCCA 322 S v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 266 Snowy Monaro Regional Council v Tropic Asphalts Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCCA 74 Veysey v R (2011) 33 VR 277 Texts Cited: NSW Health Code of Conduct Category: Procedural rulings Parties: SafeWork NSW (Prosecutor) Western New South Wales Local Health District (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: T McDonald SC / B Docking (Prosecutor) B Hodgkinson AM SC / N Read (Defendant)