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Peterswald v Bartley

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delivered the judgement of the court, noting that "the Constitution was framed in Australia by Australians, and for the use of the Australian people", and holding that an excise is a customs duty imposed on goods either in relation to quantity or value when produced or manufactured and not in the
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The Court held that the amount of the NSW licence fee did not depend on the quantity of beer manufactured and was a direct tax on manufacture. The licence fee was therefore not an excise and the brewer was required to hold a licence under the NSW Act as well as the Commonwealth Act.
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and District Licensing Inspector and he charged Bartley with carrying on the trade or business of a brewer without holding a licence under the NSW Act and the issue concerned the payment of a licence fee. The
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His Honour's requirement that the tax be imposed at the point of production or manufacture forms what is known as the narrow approach to section 90. The narrow approach was rejected by the High Court in
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The Court took a narrow approach to the meaning of excise in relation to section 90, holding that a licence fee that did not depend on the brewer's output was not an excise.
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was that the state Act ceased to have effect once the Commonwealth imposed uniform customs duties. Peterswald appealed to the
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It must be an indirect tax that gets passed on to the consumer through a higher price of goods.
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upheld Bartley's contention that the licence fee was an excise duty and that the effect of
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The tax must be imposed in proportion to the quantity or value of the goods in question.
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sense of a direct or personal tax. His Honour outlined four elements of an excise:
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The tax must be imposed at the point of production or manufacture.
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The goods must be locally produced within the State.
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1901 however he didn't have a licence under the NSW
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High Court of Australia
[1904] HCA 21
(1904) 1 CLR 497.
[1904] NSWStRp 28
SR (NSW)
Supreme Court (Full Court)
Griffith
CJ
Barton
O'Connor
JJ
Ha v New South Wales
[1997] HCA 34
CLR
High Court of Australia
section 90
Australian Constitution
excise
brewer
beer
Cootamundra
state
New South Wales
licence
Commonwealth
Sergeant
police officer
Police Magistrate
section 90

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