Rodney Morrison v Joy Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 107

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Rodney Morrison v Joy Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 107 APPELLANT Rodney Morrison PARTIES : RESPONDENT Joy Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC 316 of 2003 CORAM: Wright J President; Walton J Vice-President; Boland J CATCHWORDS : Appeal - Occupational health and safety - Decision at first instance permanently staying proceedings in prosecution under Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - Notice of motion that appeal be dismissed as incompetent - Whether s5F of Criminal Appeal Act 1912 gives right of appeal to prosecutor against an interlocutory judgment or order made by a judicial member of the Commission in Court Session in the Court's summary jurisdiction - Meaning of "indictment" and "information" in Criminal Appeal Act - Distinction between regular criminal jurisdiction and summary jurisdiction - Whether s5C of Criminal Appeal Act gives right of appeal to prosecutor against interlocutory order staying proceedings - "Quashed" - Whether an order permanently staying proceedings is an interlocutory order - Held that Commission in Court Session does not have jurisdiction under the combined operation of s 196 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and s5F of Criminal Appeal Act to hear and determine an appeal against an interlocutory judgment or order - Held further that an order permanently staying proceedings is not appealable under the combined operation of s 196 of the Industrial Relations Act and s5C of the Criminal Appeal Act Consumer Protection Act 1969 (repealed) Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 s2(a) Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998 Crimes Act 1900 s4 Crimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001 Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Act 1986 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s2 s5 s5AA s5AB s5AC s5AE s5C s5F s10 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 168 s 196 LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act 1902 (repealed) Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s21 Land and Environment Court Rules 1980 Part 6 Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 s 18(2) (a) Pesticides Act 1978 s59 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s214 Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967 s4(1) Supreme Court Act 1970 s17(1) s76 Third Schedule Fourth Schedule Supreme Court Rules 1970 Part 75 Adler v District Court (NSW) (1990) 19 NSWLR 317 Austeck Pty Limited v Charalambos Atsalos [2003] NSWIRComm 290 Bienstein v Bienstein (2003) 195 ALR 225 Coal & Allied Operations Pty Limited v AIRC (2000) 203 CLR 194 Coldham, Ex parte Brideson Re (No.2) (1990) 170 CLR 267 Concrete Constructions Group Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Dubois) (2000) 99 IR 16 Cooke v Purcell (1988) 14 NSWLR 51 EPA v Land and Environment Court of NSW [2004] NSWCA 50 Fraser v The Queen (No 2) (1985) 1 NSWLR 680 John L Pty Limited v Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales (1987) 163 CLR 508 Luck Re: (2003) 203 ALR 1 McMillan Britton and Kell Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Blake) (1999) 89 IR 464 CASES CITED : Mitchforce v Industrial Relations Commission (2003) 57 NSWLR 212, 124 IR 79 Murphy v Farmer (1987) 87 FLR 149 72 ALR 691 (NSWCA) Murphy v Farmer (1988) 165 CLR 19 R v Cheng (1999) 48 NSWLR 616 R v Hull (1989) 16 NSWLR 385 R v King [2003] NSWCCA 399 R v Powch (1988) 14 NSWLR 136 R v Vincent [2002] NSWCCA 110 Registrar of Titles (WA) v Franzon (1975) 50 ALJR 4 Ridge Consolidated Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Mauger) (2000) 100 IR 156 Rodney Morrison v Joy Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd [2002] NSWIRComm 366 Taylor v Environment Protection Authority (2000) 50 NSWLR 48 WorkCover (Inspector Keenan) v Lucon (Australia) Pty Ltd (2002) 112 IR 332 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell) v TMG International Pty Ltd (2002) 116 IR 128 HEARING DATES: 07/28/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/28/2004