WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Donnelly) v Riverina Wool Combing Pty Ltd [2000] NSWIRComm 29

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Donnelly) v Riverina Wool Combing Pty Ltd [2000] NSWIRComm 29 PARTIES : PROSECUTION: WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Donnelly) DEFENDANT: Riverina Wool Combing Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC1511&1513 of 1999 CORAM: Kavanagh J CATCHWORDS : OHS - penalty - unguarded machines - effect on sentencing of prior convictions - application principle of totality LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 s15 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Ch'ng) (unreported, Wright J, President, Walton J, Vice-President and Peterson J, 12 August 1999, IRC4881 of 1997) WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Hannah) v Wonar Pty Ltd (unreported decision, Fisher CJ, Glynn and Cullen JJ, 30.6.92, CT1214 of 1990) Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Keenan) v Riverina Wool Combing Pty Ltd (unreported, Bauer J, CT1128 of 1994, 1 December 1995) Workcover Authority of NSW (Insp Keenan) v Riverina Wool Combing Pty Ltd (unreported, Maidment J, IRC7311 of 1997, 3 December 1998) R v Slattery (1996) 90 A Crim R 519 CASES CITED : Holder v King [1983] 3 NSWLR 245 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 WorkCover v Waugh (1995) 52 IR 89 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Corbett v Borg (unreported judgment, Hungerford J, 15 May 1996, IRC1281,1282 of 1995 ACCC v Safeways Stores Pty Limited (1997) ATPR 41-562 Pearce v Queen (1998) 72 ALJR 1416 HEARING DATES: 02/22/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/30/2000