This paper describes, analyses and compares two regulatory regimes which cover the road transport industry in Australia - occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation, and the National Road Transport Commission's (NRTC) proposed model road transport legislation. The central questions...

This paper reports on an empirically-based study of the way in which the Magistrates' Courts in Victoria, Australia, construct occupational health and safety (OHS) issues when hearing prosecutions for offences under OHS legislation. Since the Factory and Shops Act 1885, the Victorian parliament...