Inspector Yeung v Wideform Constructions Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 380

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Inspector Yeung v Wideform Constructions Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 380 PROSECUTOR Inspector Thomas Yeung PARTIES : DEFENDANT Wideform Constructions Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC 2885 of 2002 CORAM: Boland J Occupational Health and Safety - Prosecution under section 18(1)(b) of Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - Construction industry - Plea of not guilty - Defendant appealed against ruling granted leave for prosecutor to amend application for order - Application by defendant for court to review its ruling before proceeding with appeal - Meaning of "supply" in s 18(1)(b) - Essential legal elements of s 18(1)(b) - Essential factual ingredients - Duplicity - Limitation period under s 49 of Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - Application to revoke amendments refused CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Prosecution under section 18(1)(b) of Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - Construction industry - Plea of not guilty - Defendant appealed against ruling granted leave for prosecutor to amend application for order - Application by defendant for court to review its ruling before proceeding with appeal - Meaning of "supply" in s 18(1)(b) - Essential legal elements of s 18(1)(b) - Essential factual ingredients - Duplicity - Limitation period under s 49 of Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - Application to revoke amendments refused Criminal Procedure Act 1986 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967 Australian Provincial Assurance Co Ltd v Coroneo (1938) SR (NSW) 700 Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd v Magill (1995) 37 NSWLR 150, 58 IR 363 Brimaud v Honeysett Instant Print Pty Ltd (unreported, 19 September 1988, McLelland CJ in Eq, Supreme Court of NSW) Chaudhary v Ducret (1986) 11 FCR 163 Concrete Constructions Group Ltd v WorkCover Authority (Inspector Dubois) (2000) 99 IR 16 DPP v Merriman [1973] AC 584 Environment Protection Authority v Sydney Water Corporation Limited (1997) 98 A Crim R 481 Inspector John Forster v Osprey Manufacturing Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 161 Khaled Hamzy (1994) 74 A Crim R 341 Manpac Industries Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority (Inspector Glass) (2001) 106 IR 435 McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Limited v Environment Protection Authority [2000] NSWCA 367 (13 September 2000) CASES CITED : National Parks and Wildlife Service v Charles Reginald Pierson [2002] NSWCA 273 Nominal Defendant v Manning (2000) 50 NSWLR 139 Planet Build (NSW) Pty Limited v Lassgol Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 40 R v Cooling [1990] 1 Qd R 376, (1989) 44 A Crim R 171 R v Stringer [2000] NSWCCA 293 Ridge Consolidated Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority (2000) 100 IR 156 Stephen Finlay McMartin & Ors v Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company Pty Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 219 Taylor v Environment Protection Authority (2000) 50 NSWLR 48 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Penfold) v Fernz Construction Materials Ltd (1999) 91 IR 119 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Maltby) v State Rail Authority of New South Wales & Ors [2001] NSWIRComm 120 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Keenan) v Lucon (Australia) Pty Limited [2002] NSWIRComm 68 HEARING DATES: 09/24/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/13/2003