Inspector Mayo-Ramsay (WorkCover Authority of NSW) v The Crown in the Right of the State of New South Wales (NSW Fire Brigades) (No 2) [2007] NSWIRComm 168

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Inspector Mayo-Ramsay (WorkCover Authority of NSW) v The Crown in the Right of the State of New South Wales (NSW Fire Brigades) (No 2) [2007] NSWIRComm 168

PROSECUTOR Inspector Rosalie Mayo-Ramsay PARTIES: DEFENDANT The Crown in the Right of the State of New South Wales (New South Wales Fire Brigades)

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 768 and 769 of 2005

CORAM: Boland J

CATCHWORDS: Occupational health and safety - Prosecution of Crown for breaches of Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - Fire and explosion in silo - fatalities - Fire brigades - Sentencing considerations - Penalties imposed

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Fire Brigades Act 1989 s 78 Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 s 15(1), s 16(1) Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 s 121, s 121(3)

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