Inspector Ching v Bros Bins Systems Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 386

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Inspector Ching v Bros Bins Systems Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 386 APPELLANT Inspector Barnabas Ching PARTIES : RESPONDENT Bros Bins Systems Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC 6649 of 2002 CORAM: Wright J President; Walton J Vice-President; Boland J CATCHWORDS : Appeal - Leave to appeal - Occupational Health and Safety - Whether no case to answer - Whether truck was "plant" within the meaning of s 17(1)(b) of Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 in circumstances where truck sent for repair - Held truck was plant - Defendant has case to answer Factories Act 1961 (UK) LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 188(2) s 197A Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 s 4(1) s 5(1) s 15 s 16 s 17 (1)(b) s 18 s 19 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 s 10(2) s 10(4)(b) Blake v Shaw (1860) John 732 Bultitude v Grice Constructions Pty Limited (2002) 115 IR 59 Haigh v Charles W Ireland Limited [1973] 3 All ER 1137 Inspector Ching v Bros Bins Systems Pty Ltd [2002] NSWIRComm 276 Inspector Moore v Blacktown City Council [2003] NSWIRComm 47 Inspector Page v Woolworths Ltd and Growth Equity Services Pty Ltd (unreported, CT 93/1044 and 1047, 9 September 1994) Knowles v Anglican Church Property Trust (No. 2) (1999) 95 IR 380 CASES CITED : Legge v Coffey Engineering Pty Ltd (No 2) (2001) 110 IR 447 Mainbrace Constructions Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Charles) (2000) 102 IR 84 McMillan Britton and Kell v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Blake) (1999) 89 IR 464 Sherritt Gordon Mines v FCT (1976) 10 ALR 441 Thomas v Jakacic (1983) 34 SASR 425 Waugh v Kippen (1986) 160 CLR 156 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mulder) v Arbor Products International (Australia) Pty Ltd (2001) 105 IR 81 Yarmouth v France (1887) 19 QBD 647 HEARING DATES: 09/15/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/12/2003