NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: Inspector Wong v Clarence Valley Council (No 2) [2006] NSWIRComm 340
PROSECUTOR Inspector Daryl Wong PARTIES: DEFENDANT Clarence Valley Council
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 5291 of 2005
CORAM: Staff J
CATCHWORDS: Occupational health & safety - Prosecution under s 8(1) of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000 - Local Government Council - Accident occurred when tip-up truck ran over worker during road resurfacing - Foreseeability - Public interest affected by nature of defendant - Availability of simple and obvious remedial measures - General deterrence of primary importance - Specific deterrence - Subjective factors - Plea of guilty - Penalty imposed
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Local Government Act 1993 Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000
Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of NSW (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Inspector Lancaster v Wollongong City Council [2005] NSWIRComm 79 Inspector Patton v Shoalhaven City Council [2005] NSWIRComm 421 Inspector Wong v Clarence Valley Council [2006] NSWIRComm 250 Maddaford v CSR Limited and Mulgoa Quarries Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 337 CASES CITED: R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 U-RECT-IT Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector de Silva) [2004] NSWIRComm 266 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v McDonald's Australia Limited & Another (2000) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Hannah) v Albury City Council (1999) 90 IR 397 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ian Hannah) v Keough's Plant Hire Pty Ltd [2005] NSWIRComm 118 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ian Lancaster) v Burnshaw Constructions Pty Ltd (2002) 121 IR 119 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Maddaford) v Coleman (2004) 138 IR 21 WorkCover Authority (NSW) v Parkes Council (unreported, 10 April 1996)
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