Chalker v Tonks

[2006] NTSC 86

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. Magistrates
1. Jurisdiction and procedure generally
2. › special case reserved
3. › s 360.2 Criminal Code (Cth)
4. › Cross Border Firearms Trafficking
5. › physical and fault elements
6. › absolute liability
7. › limit of the constitutional power
8. › meaning of “in the course of trade or commerce among the States between Territories or between a Territory and a State”
9. › whether conduct constituting offence against Firearms Act (NT) possessed necessary interstate characteristic.
1. Justices Act (NT), s 162; Firearms Act (NT), s 63; Criminal Code (Cth), s 2.1, s 3, s 4, s 6 and s 360; Australian Constitution, s 51(i) and s 92; Acts Interpretation Act (Cth) s 15AA.
1. W & A McArthur Ltd v Queensland [1920] HCA 77; (1920) 28 CLR 530; Australian National Airways Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth [1945] HCA 41; (1945) 71 CLR 29; The Australian Coarse Grains Pool Proprietary Limited v The Barley Marketing Board [1985] HCA 38; (1985) 157 CLR 605; Nationwide News Proprietary Limited v Wills [1992] HCA 46; (1992) 177 CLR 1; HC Sleigh Limited v South Australia (1977) 136 CLR 475; Smith v Capewell [1979] HCA 48; (1979) 142 CLR 509, considered.

Citation[2006] NTSC 86

CourtNTSC

JurisdictionNorthern Territory

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