Inspector Nguyen v Western Sydney Area Health Service [2003] NSWIRComm 268

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Inspector Nguyen v Western Sydney Area Health Service [2003] NSWIRComm 268 PROSECUTION Inspector Nguyen PARTIES : DEFENDANT Western Sydney Area Health Service FILE NUMBER: IRC 2661 of 2002 CORAM: Boland J CATCHWORDS : Occupational Health and Safety Act - Prosecution under section 15(1) of Occupational Health and Safety Act - Injuries sustained by security guards whilst on duty in hospital car park - Inadequate lighting - Timing of guilty plea - Comparative sentences - Offence proven - Penalty imposed Health Services Act 1997 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967 Atholwood v The Queen (1999) 109 A Crim r 465 Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339 Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mayo-Ramsay) (2000) 99 IR 29 Ferguson v Nelmac Pty Limited (1999) 92 IR 188 Fletcher Constructions Australia Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Fisher) (1999) 91 IR 66 Inspector Wolf v BHP Steel (AIS) [2003] NSWIRComm 119 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (1999) 90 IR 464 R v Ellis (1986) 6 NSWLR 603 CASES CITED : R v Thomson, R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Winchester (1992) 58 A Crim R 345 Regina v Carter [2001] NSW CCA 245 Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Farrell) v David Carl Schrader (2002) 112 IR 284 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Searle) v Western Sydney Area Health Service (2001) 111 IR 414 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales v Atco Controls Pty Ltd (1998) 82 IR 80 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Ankucic) v McDonald's Australia Limited and Another (1999) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Glass) v Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 2) (1999) 101 IR 261 WorkCover Authority v Integral Energy (2002) 113 IR 315 HEARING DATES: 07/22/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/15/2003