Airservices Australia (formerly Civil Aviation Authority) v Monarch Airlines Ltd [1998] FCA 79

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

AVIATION - air traffic services - charges for - imposed by aviation authority on aviation operators - when does a statutory levy amount to taxation - whether charges reasonably related to costs of providing services to operators - "expenses" - whether charges were genuine fee for services or tax. INTERPRETATION OF INSTRUMENTS - construction of s 67 Civil Aviation Act 1988 - whether imposes two distinct requirements - "hendiadys" - construction of Determination of Airservices Australia (formerly Civil Aviation Authority) - whether plural reference may be interpreted as singular where appropriate. Civil Aviation Act 1988 - s 67 Acts Interpretation Act 1901 - s 23(b) Monarch Airlines Limited v Airservices Australia (1997) 72 FCR 534 - cons. Air Caledonie International v Commonwealth (1988) 165 CLR 462 - cons. Montchel Pty Ltd v Civil Aviation Authority (1991) 31 FCR 445 - cons. Semco Salvage and Marine Pte Ltd v Lancer Navigation Co Ltd [1997] 2 WLR 298 - appl. Matthews v Chicory Marketing Board (Vict.) (1938) 60 CLR 263 - cons. Swift Australian Co (Pty) Ltd v Boyd Parkinson (1962) 108 CLR 189 - cons. Harper v Victoria (1966) 114 CLR 361 - cons. Logan Downs Proprietary Limited v Queensland (1977) 137 CLR 59 - cons. The General Practitioners Society v The Commonwealth (1980) 145 CLR 532 - cons. Harper v Minister for Sea Fisheries (1989) 168 CLR 314 - cons. Sin Poh Amalgamated (H.K.) Ltd v Attorney-General [1965] 1 All ER 225 - appl. B.P. Australia Ltd v Bissaker (1987) 163 CLR 106 - appl.

AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA (FORMERLY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY) v MONARCH AIRLINES LIMITED

NO. AG 34 OF 1997

JUDGES: BEAUMONT, WILCOX AND LINDGREN JJ

DATE: 18 FEBRUARY 1998

PLACE: SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AG 34 of 1997

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