The third paragraph of section 53 of the Constitution / House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

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Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
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THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF SECTION 53 OF THE CONSTITUTION Report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs NOVEMBER 1995 1
THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF SECTION 53 OF THE CONSTITUTION House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs 3
Foreword 5
Contents 7
Membership of the Committee 12
Terms of reference 14
Summary and recommendations 15
Chapter 1 Introduction 31
2 The policy and principles underlying section 53 41
Chapter 3 Historical perspective 49
Chapter 4 Justiciability 72
Chapter 5 The Committee’s approach 86
Chapter 6 Appropriations and expenditure: Does the third paragraph apply to appropriation and expenditure bills? 93
Chapter 7 Expenditure under standing appropriations 100
Chapter 8 Taxation: Does the third paragraph apply to tax and tax-related burdens? 118
Chapter 9 Tax bills which are subject to the third paragraph of section 53 128
Chapter 10 Proposed charge or burden 151
Chapter 11 Determining whether an amendment will increase the ‘proposed charge or burden’ 164
Chapter 12 Further issues 175
Chapter 13 Outcomes 187
APPENDIX A List of Submissions 197
APPENDix List of Witness 204
APPENDIX C List of Exhibits 208
APPENDIX D Opinion by Sir Robert Garran GCMG EC 210
APPENDIX E Letter to Sir Robert Garran from Sir Kenneth Bailey 217
APPENDIX F Letter to Senator the Hon R McMullan from the Hon M Duffy MP 220
APPENDIX G Letter to Mr Daryl Melham MP from Hon. K C Beazley MP and Senator the Hon. J Faulkner 224
APPENDIX H Final report recommendations compared with those in the exposure draft 227

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