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     A-385-96

CORAM:      STONE, J.A.

         ROBERTSON, J.A.

         GRAY, D.J.

B E T W E E N:

     JOSEPH DOMJANCIC

     Applicant

     -and-

     HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

     Respondent

HEARD at Toronto, Ontario, Monday, April 14, 1997.

JUDGMENT delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario, on Monday, April 14, 1997.

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:      STONE, J.A.

     A-385-96

CORAM:      STONE, J.A.

         ROBERTSON, J.A.

         GRAY, D.J.

B E T W E E N:

     JOSEPH DOMJANCIC

     Applicant

     -and-

     HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

     Respondent

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

     (Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario,

     Monday, April 14, 1997)

STONE, J.A.:

     This application is to review a decision of the Tax Court of Canada dismissing an appeal in respect of a G.S.T. rebate on the ground that the application for the rebate was time-barred under subsection 256(3) of the Excise Tax Act1.

     The learned Tax Court Judge outlined the substance of the appeal before him in his Reasons for Judgment. These includes a suggestion that the applicant did not become aware of the deadline for seeking a rebate until he was advised of the same on October 12, 1994,2 at which time the subsection 256(3) time limit had already expired.

     As this Court is, of course, without any jurisdiction to extend the time limit specified in subsection 256(3), the section 28 application will be dismissed.

"A.J. Stone"         

J.A.

         FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

     Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record

COURT NO:                      A-385-96

STYLE OF CAUSE:              JOSEPH DOMJANCIC

                         - and -

                         HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

            

DATE OF HEARING:              APRIL 14, 1997

PLACE OF HEARING:              TORONTO, ONTARIO

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:      STONE, J.A.

Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario

on Monday, April 14, 1997

APPEARANCES:

                         Mr. Joseph Domjancic

                             For the Applicant

                         Mr. J. Paul Malette, Q.C.

                             For the Respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

                    

                         Joseph Domjancic

                         22 Park Manor Drive

                         Stoney Creek, Ontario

                         L8E 5L2

                             For the Applicant

                         George Thomson

                         Deputy Attorney General

                         of Canada

                         

                             For the Respondent

                 FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                 Court No.: A-385-96

                 Between:

                 JOSEPH DOMJANCIC

     Applicant

                     - and -

                 HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

                    

     Respondent

                 REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT


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     1      Subsection 256(3) reads:
         (3) A rebate shall not be paid under subsection (2) in respect of a residential complex to an individual unless the individual files an application for the rebate within two years after the earlier of              (a) the day the complex is first occupied as described in subparagraph              (2) (d) (i) or ownership is transferred as described in subparagraph              (2) (d) (ii), and              (b) the day construction or substantial renovation of the complex is substantially completed.

     2      See Reasons for Judgments, pp. 4-5.

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