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THE MINISTER OF FINANCE                  - and -                RUSSELL HOUSE MARKETING ASSOCIATES LIMITED

                                                                             

(Appellant)                                                                                                                  (Respondent)

 

                                                                             

CA 162469                                               Halifax, N.S.                                       FREEMAN, J.A.

                                        (Orally)                

 

[Cite as:  Russell House Marketing Associates Ltd.

v. Nova Scotia (Finance), 2000 NSCA 99]

 

APPEAL HEARD:                                 September 12, 2000

 

JUDGMENT DELIVERED:                 September 12, 2000

 

WRITTEN RELEASE OF ORAL:       September 14, 2000

 

SUBJECT:         Manufacturing machinery, exemption from tax, Revenue Act, S.N.S.  1995-96, c. 198, s. 25(1)(o).

 

SUMMARY:        The Minister of Finance appealed from a finding of the Nova Scotia Board of Public Utilities that certain equipment used in providing direct mail advertising packages sent to selected recipients chosen  from data is exempt from taxation under s. 25 (1)(o) of the Revenue Act, S.N.S.  1995-96, c. 198, s. 25(1)(o). (formerly s. 12(1)(n) of the Health Services Tax Act, R.S.N.S. 1984, c. 198).

 

ISSUE:                Did the Board err by misinterpreting the law?

 

RESULT:            The appeal was dismissed.  The decision was not patently unreasonable.  There was no reversible error in law or jurisdiction.

 

 

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