WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Pompili) v Central Sydney Area Health Service [2002] NSWIRComm 44

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Pompili) v Central Sydney Area Health Service [2002] NSWIRComm 44 WORKCOVER AUTHORITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES (INSPECTOR POMPILI) Prosecutor PARTIES : CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE Defendant FILE NUMBER: IRC 1509 of 1999 CORAM: Schmidt J CATCHWORDS : Occupational Health and Safety - breach of section 15(1) of Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - plea of guilty - pseudonym order - construction of section 51A of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - date of conviction of the offence in question - psychiatric ward in hospital - use of breakable glass - duress alarm - time of plea - facilitation of the course of justice - demonstration of contrition - defendant fined with a moiety to the prosecutor - costs as agreed or assessed Mental Health Act 1990 LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 B v Medical Superintendent of Macquarie Hospital (1987) 10 NSWLR 440 Beckwith v R (1976) 12 ALR 333 Cameron v The Queen [2002] HCA 6 (14 February 2002) Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mayo-Ramsey) (2000) 49 NSWLR 610, (2000) 99 IR 29 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v FCT (1981) 35 ALR 151 John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd & Anor v Local Court of New South Wales & Ors (1991) 26 NSWLR 131 Inspector Low v Capral Aluminium Ltd [2002] NSW IRComm 12 Pelechowski v Registrar, Court of Appeal (NSW) (1999) 198 CLR 435 R v Smith (1996) 86 A Crim R 308 CASES CITED : R v Young (1999) 46 NSWLR 681 R v Thomson, R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Stonham v Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales (No 2) (1999) 90 IR 334 Thompson v Gool & Co [1910] AC 409 Witness v Marsden (2000) 49 NSWLR 429 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Stewart) v Central Sydney Area Health Service [2001] NSWIRComm 326 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Batty) v Crown in the Right of NSW (Department of Education and Training) (2000) NSWIRComm 181 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Tuckley) v Crown in the Right of the State of New South Wales (Department of Community Services) (1999) 96 IR 1 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Sheppard) v State Rail Authority of NSW [2001] IRComm 179 X v NSW Department of Education and Training (1999) 89 IR 1 HEARING DATES: 02/11/2002; 02/12/2002; 02/18/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/18/2002