ELLAVALE ENGINEERING PTY. LIMITED v. PILGRIM [2005] NSWCA 272

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: ELLAVALE ENGINEERING PTY. LIMITED v. PILGRIM [2005] NSWCA 272

HEARING DATE(S): 23/02/05

JUDGMENT DATE: 19 August 2005

JUDGMENT OF: Handley JA at 1; Beazley JA at 18; Campbell AJA at 93

DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs

CATCHWORDS: WORKERS COMPENSATION - coal miners - Schedule 6 Part 18 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) - Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 (NSW) - whether respondent a "coal miner" - whether respondent employed "in or about a coal mine" - STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION - relevant principles - whether words should be implied into a statutory provision - Schedule 6 Part 18 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)

Coal Industry Act 2001 (NSW) Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW)

Bermingham v Corrective Services Commission of New South Wales [1988] 15 NSWLR 292 Collector of Customs v Bell Basic Industries Ltd (1988) 20 FCR 146 Commonwealth v Lyon (1979) 24 ALR 300 Commonwealth v Oliver (1962) 107 CLR 353 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Limited v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297 Delaney v Staples [1992] 1 AC 687 Griffin v Houlder Line Ltd [1904] 1 KB 510 Hope v Bathurst City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1 Jones v Wrotham Park Settled Estates [1980] AC 74 CASES CITED: Kingston v Keprose Pty Limited (No.3) (1987) 11 NSWLR 404 Meadows v Ellerman Lines Ltd [1920] 3 KB 544 New South Wales Associated Blue-Metal Quarries Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1956) 94 CLR 509 Owens v Campbell Limited [1904] 2 KB 60 Pfeiffer v Stevens (2001) 209 CLR 57 Police v Thomson [1966] NZLR 813 Project Blue Sky Inc & Ors v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Roberts v Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia) Pty Limited (2002) 24 NSWCCR 125 Staging Connections Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 357