WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Glass) v Pacific Concrete & Quarries Pty Limited [2000] NSWIRComm 59

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Glass) v Pacific Concrete & Quarries Pty Limited [2000] NSWIRComm 59 PROSECUTION PARTIES : WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Glass) DEFENDANT Pacific Concrete & Quarries Pty Limited FILE NUMBER: IRC2364 of 1999 CORAM: Kavanagh J CATCHWORDS : Occupational Health and Safety - plea of guilty - application for withdrawal of plea by defendant - principles to be applied - exercise of discretion - consideration of circumstances relevant to exercise of discretion to grant leave to withdraw plea - application denied - application to amend the summons as to the name of defendant - principles to be applied - motion granted - nature and quality of offence - the need for evidence of future commitment to safe working - penalty Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 s15(1) s47(1)(b) s49A LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Law 1989 s118(1) s148 s153 s1274(7) Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967 s6 R v Lister (1956) 72 WN 491 McLean v Case&Deignan Pty Ltd (1961) 78 WN 476 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Wolfe) v Kiama Municipal Council (unreported, CIM,14 July 1999) Sheil v Crothers (1933) 33 SR 229 R v Marchando [2000] NSWCCA 8 R v Sagiv ((1986) 22 A Crim R 73 CASES CITED : R v Davies (1993) 19 MVR 481 R v Murphy (1965) VR 187 Butterworths Practice on Occupational Health & Safety Law (3678.2) Boral Gas NSW Pty Limited v McGill 58 IR 363 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp James Swee Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 Haynes v James Glass & Aluminium Pty Ltd (unreported, CT91/772-775, 20 May 1994) WorkCover Authority of NSW v CI&D Industries Pty Ltd (1995) 60 IR 149 Ferguson v Nelmac Pty Limited (1999) 92 IR 188 HEARING DATES: 02/07/2000; 02/09/2000; 02/21/2000; 03/24/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/05/2000