Inspector Wilkie v Integral Energy Australia [2005] NSWIRComm 47

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION: Inspector Wilkie v Integral Energy Australia [2005] NSWIRComm 47

PROSECUTOR Inspector Robert Wilkie PARTIES: DEFENDANT Integral Energy Australia

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 2595, 2596 and 2597 of 2003

CORAM: Staff J

CATCHWORDS: Occupational Health & Safety - Prosecutions under s 15(1) and 16(1) of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 1983 - Plea of guilty - Employees using woodchipper machines - Risk to health and safety - Foreseeability - Early plea of guilty - Contrition - Prior conviction - Principle of totality - Principle of Consistency - Penalty imposed - Defendant to pay prosecutor's costs of proceedings as agreed or in accordance with rules of court

LEGISLATION CITED: Occupational Health & Safety Act 1983

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