Attorney General of New South Wales v Built NSW Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCCA 299

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Attorney General of New South Wales v Built NSW Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCCA 299 Hearing dates: 20 June 2013 Decision date: 02 December 2013 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Beazley P at [145]; Hoeben CJ at CL at [146] Decision: 1. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW - criminal procedure - prosecution under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - requirement that proceedings be instituted by persons including inspector - whether inspector in fact instituted prosecutions. INDUSTRIAL LAW - criminal procedure -Criminal Procedure Act 1986 s 246 - District Court Rules 1973 Pt 53 r 26 - whether application and statement of facts are required to be signed by the inspector. INDUSTRIAL LAW - criminal procedure - failure to correctly institute proceedings - whether Criminal Procedure Act s 16(2) operates to validate proceedings. INDUSTRIAL LAW - criminal procedure - Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - failure to particularise - whether charges disclose offence known to law - whether charges can be saved or amended. JURISIDICTION - appeal - Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 5C - notice of contention - whether Court of Criminal Appeal able to deal with issues within notice of contention. Legislation Cited: Consumer Protection Act 1969, s 32 Crimes Act 1900, s 178BB Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s 5C Criminal Appeal Rules Criminal Procedure Act 1986, ss 3, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 126, 246 District Court Rules 1973, Pt 53 r 26 Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996, r 217B Justices Act 1902, s 65 Obscene and Indecent Publications Act 1901, s 36 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000, ss 8, 91, 93, 106 Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967, s 6 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 50.11 Cases Cited: Area Concrete Pumping Pty Ltd v Inspector Childs [2012] NSWCA 208; (2012) 223 IR 86 Broome v Chenoweth (1946) 73 CLR 583 Certain Lloyd's Underwriters Subscribing to Contract No IH00AAQS v Cross [2012] HCA 56; (2012) 87 ALJR 131 Corbyn v Walker Corporation Pty Ltd [2012] NSWLEC 75; (2012) 186 LGERA 442 Crothers v Sheil (1933) 49 CLR 399 Doja v The Queen [2009] NSWCCA 303; (2009) 198 A Crim R 349 Epacris Pty Ltd v Director-General, Department of Natural Resources [2007] NSWCCA 76; (2007) 69 NSWLR 507 Ex parte Thomas; Re Otzen (1947) 47 SR (NSW) 261 Garrett v Freeman [2006] NSWCCA 278; (2006) 68 NSWLR 729 GPI (General) Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 157; (2011) 207 IR 93 John Holland Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2010] NSWCA 338; (2010) 202 IR 82 John L Pty Ltd v Attorney General (NSW) [1987] HCA 42; (1987) 163 CLR 508 Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2010] HCA 1; (2010) 239 CLR 531 Knaggs v Director of Public Prosecutions [2007] NSWCA 83; (2007) 170 A Crim R 366 Ove Arup Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2006] NSWCA 28; (2006) 149 IR 193 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; (1998) 194 CLR 355 R v Bacon [1973] 1 NSWLR 87 R v Beydoun (1990) 22 NSWLR 256 R v Boujaoude [2008] NSWCCA 35; (2008) 72 NSWLR 85 R v Halmi [2005] NSWCCA 2; (2005) 62 NSWLR 263 R v Janceski [2005] NSWCCA 281; (2005) 64 NSWLR 10 Rockdale Beef Pty Ltd v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales [2007] NSWCA 128; (2007) 165 IR 7 Texts Cited: The Macquarie Dictionary (1982) The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed (1973) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Attorney General of New South Wales (Appellant) Built NSW Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J V Agius SC, B G Docking and D B O'Neil (on behalf of the Attorney General of New South Wales) B Walker SC and R Ranken (Respondent) Solicitors: WorkCover Authority of NSW (Attorney General of New South Wales) Norton Rose Fulbright (Respondent) File Number(s): 2012/171786 2012/171817 Publication restriction: No Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2012-11-29 00:00:00 Before: Curtis DCJ File Number(s): 2012/171786 2012/171817