NSW Caselaw
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session
CITATION : Inspector Michael Dall v Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 349 PARTIES : WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Michael Dall) Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC3228 of 2002 CORAM: Curtis AJ CATCHWORDS : Occupational health and safety - plea of guilty LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 HEARING DATES: 10/16/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/17/2003
PROSECUTION: Mr R Reitano of counsel SOLICITORS: Phillips Fox LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT: Mr B D Hodgkinson SC with Ms P E McDonald SOLICITORS: Deacons
JUDGMENT:
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN COURT SESSION CORAM: CURTIS AJ Date 17 October 2003
Matter No IRC 3228 of 2002 WORKCOVER AUTHORITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES (INSPECTOR DALL) v BECHTEL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Prosecution under section 16(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983
JUDGMENT [2003] NSWIRComm 349
THE CHARGES AND THE FACTS
1 The defendant, Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd (Bechtel), has pleaded guilty to a charge under s16(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 (the Act), the charge against Bechtel in the amended application for order being that it "failed to ensure that persons not in its employment at the premises, in particular Andrew Norman Cosier, were not exposed to risks to their health or safety arising from the conduct of its undertaking while at its place of work, contrary to s16(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983."
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