Cargill Australia Limited -v- Higginson (EOD) [2002] NSWADTAP 20

Appeal Panel

CITATION: Cargill Australia Limited -v- Higginson (EOD) [2002] NSWADTAP 20 APPELLANT PARTIES: Cargill Australia Limited RESPONDENT William Higginson FILE NUMBER: 019048 HEARING DATES: 14/03/02 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 04/04/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 06/07/2002

Higginson v Cargill Australia Limited [2001] NSW ADT 152 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Hennessy N (Deputy President); Bartley R - Judicial Member; Alt M - Member CATCHWORDS: statutory interpretation MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 991095 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 09/13/2001 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1993 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001 Workplace Health and Safety Act 1999 (QLD) Kennedy-Taylor (NSW) Pty Ltd -v- WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Charles) [2000] NSWIRComm 240 (7 December 2000) (WorkCover Authority (Inspector Egan) v Attco Controls Pty Limited (1998) 82 IR 80 Australian Liquor, Hospitality & Miscellaneous Workers Union, NSW Branch (o/b K Lowe) v George Weston Foods Ltd t/as Tip Top Bakeries [2001] NSWIRComm 327 Workcover Authority of NSW (Insp. Mansell) v Air Express International (Australia) Pty Ltd 1998 83 IR 64 Commonwealth Steel Company Limited and David Alfred Ward (Hill, Hungerford JJ, Shiels CC, IRC 3144 of 1993, 16 December 1994, unreported). Haynes v CI&D Manufacturing Pty Limited (1994) 60 IR 149 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Glass) v Kellogg (Aust) Pty Limited (No 2) (2000) 101 IR 261 WorkCover Authority (Inspector Egan) v Attco Controls Pty Limited (1998) 82 IR 80 Finn v The Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the Diocese of Townsville [1997] 1 QD R 29 Inspector Foreman v Alcan Australia Limited, Chief Industrial Magistrates Court of New South Wales, 18 August 1988 Fletcher Construction Australia Limited v WorkCover Authority of NSW, unreported, Industrial Relations Commission of NSW, 17 August 1999 CASES CITED: Groves v Queensland Independent Wholesalers Limited, unreported, Queensland Court of Appeal, 11 December 1992 Cooper v Ford Motor Company Australia (1987) EOC 92-191 State Transit Authority v Sloey & Anor [1999] NSWSC 47 Kitt v Tourism Commission & Ors (1987) EOC 92-197 Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic (1993) FCR 280 Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 Clinch v Commissioner of Police (1984) EOC 92-115 David Jones (Australia) Pty Limited v "P" & Anor, Matter No 30062/96 (29 August 1997) Malkoun & Australian Liquor Marketers Pty Ltd [2000] NSWIRComm 1098 (8 September 2000) Matter No. IRC 5356 of 1998 Dana Tasovac and New South Wales Police Force Betty Bouchum Silaphet and South West Area Health Service NSW IRC 928/97 Boreland -v- Brambles Security Services Limited [2000] NSWADT 147 APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: C Barton, solicitor RESPONDENT M Kumar, barrister ORDERS: 1. The appeal is dismissed; 2. The question of the costs of these proceedings will be dealt with after hearing further submissions from the parties.