Inspector Charles v Penrose Pine Products Pty Ltd [2010] NSWIRComm 132

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Inspector Charles v Penrose Pine Products Pty Ltd [2010] NSWIRComm 132

PARTIES: Inspector Steve Charles (Prosecutor/Applicant on the Motion) Penrose Pine Products Pty Ltd (Defendant/Respondent on the Motion)

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 353 and 354 of 2009

CORAM: Staff J

CATCHWORDS: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - notices of motion - s 8(1) and s 8(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - leave sought to amend the particulars of the applications for order - pleas of guilty entered - whether amendments create new charges - principles - discretion - leave to amend refused - costs reserved - order made - Industrial Relations Act 1996 ss 168, 170; Criminal Procedure Act 1986, ss 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.

Criminal Procedure Act 1986 LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996 Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000

Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27 Downey v Acting District Court Judge Boulton (No 5) [2010] NSWCA 240 Inspector Hamilton v John Holland Pty Ltd (2010) 194 IR 189 James Borodin v R, Irene Borodin v R, ED v R, Bogomiagkov v R [2006] NSWCCA 83 CASES CITED: John L Pty Limited v Attorney-General (NSW) (1987) 163 CLR 508 Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales; Kirk Group Holdings Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Childs) (2010) 239 CLR 531 Rockdale Beef Pty Ltd v Industrial Relations Commission of NSW (2007) 165 IR 7 Stanton v Abernathy (No 2) (1990) 19 NSWLR 656 Taylor v Environment Protection Authority (2000) 50 NSWLR 48