Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1973 (Cth)

Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1973

No. 57 of 1973

AN ACT

To amend the Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1966–1972, and for other purposes.

[Assented to 18 June 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1973.

(2) The Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1966–1972 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1966–1973.

Commencement.

2. (1) Section 10 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st January, 1973.

(2) The remaining provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 4th May, 1973.

 

Definitions.

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the definition of “Territory of the Commonwealth”; and

(b) by omitting from the definition of “the terminating date” the words “the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two,” and substituting the words “31st December, 1976,”.

4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:—

Specification of bounty.

“4. Subject to this Act, bounty is payable in respect of a tractor manufactured in Australia if, during the period that commenced on 4th May, 1973, and ends on the terminating date—

(a) the manufacture of the tractor is completed at registered premises; and

(b) the tractor is sold by the manufacturer for use in Australia or a Territory not forming part of Australia.”.

Rate of bounty.

5. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “power take-off horse power” and substituting the word “output”;

(b) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-section:—

“(2) Where the output in kilowatts of the engine of a tractor includes a fraction of a kilowatt, the fraction shall be disregarded for the purpose of the application of the Schedule in relation to the tractor.”; and

(c) by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-section (6) and substituting the following paragraph:—

“(b) a reference to the output of the engine of a tractor shall be read as a reference to the output of the engine of a tractor at the power take-off of the tractor as determined by the Comptroller-General”.

Additional bounty.

6. Section 6a of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:—

“(aa) the manufacture of which was completed on or before 31st December, 1972;

(b) that, on or after 1st July, 1970, was sold for use in Australia or in a Territory not forming part of Australia; and”.

Registration of premises.

7. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after sub-section (4) the following sub-section:—

“(4a) Where an applicant under this section was not engaged in manufacturing tractors at registered premises on 21st December,

 

1972, the Minister may refuse to register the premises to which his application relates unless, in the opinion of the Minister, the Prime Minister and the Minister of State for Secondary Industry, the registration of the premises would promote the orderly development of the manufacture of tractors in Australia.”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (5) the words “the last two preceding sub-sections” and substituting the words “sub-sections (3), (4) and (4a)

The Schedule.

8. The Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 substituted.

Formal amendments.

9. The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 2.

Extension of the application of the Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act.

10. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), the Principal Act extends, by force of this section, to a tractor the manufacture of which is completed during the period that commences on 1st January, 1973 and ends on 3rd May, 1973.

(2) In the application of the Principal Act to and in relation to a tractor referred to in sub-section (1) of this section—

(a) references in that Act to the terminating date shall be read as references to 3rd May, 1973; and

(b) section 6a shall be deemed to apply only to a tractor the manufacture of which was completed on or before 31st December, 1972.

   

SCHEDULE 1 Section 8

Schedule to be Inserted in the Principal Act.

SCHEDULE. Section 6

Output of engine of tractor	Bounty per tractor	Output of engine of tractor	Bounty per tractor	Output of engine of tractor	Bounty per tractor
kW	$	kW	$	kW	$
15............................	1,040	33...........................	1,220	51...........................	1,400
16............................	1,050	34...........................	1,230	52...........................	1,410
17............................	1,060	35...........................	1,240	53...........................	1,420
18............................	1,070	36...........................	1,250	54...........................	1,430
19............................	1,080	37...........................	1,260	55...........................	1,440
20............................	1,090	38...........................	1,270	56...........................	1,450
21............................	1,100	39...........................	1,280	57...........................	1,460
22............................	1,110	40...........................	1,290	58...........................	1,470
23............................	1,120	41...........................	1,300	59...........................	1,480
24............................	1,130	42...........................	1,310	60...........................	1,490
25............................	1,140	43...........................	1,320	61...........................	1,500
26............................	1,150	44...........................	1,330	62...........................	1,510
27............................	1,160	45...........................	1,340	63...........................	1,520
28............................	1,170	46...........................	1,350	64...........................	1,530
29............................	1,180	47...........................	1,360	65...........................	1,540
30............................	1,190	48...........................	1,370	66...........................	1,550
31............................	1,200	49...........................	1,380	67 and above...........	1,560
32............................	1,210	50...........................	1,390

SCHEDULE 2 Sections 9

Formal Amendments

1. The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting the words “of this Act”, “to this Act” and “of this section” (wherever occurring):—

Sections 3 (definitions of “authorized person”, “bounty” and “registered premises”), 6(1), 11(3) and (8)(c) and 15(3),

2. The Principal Act is further amended as set out in the following table:—

Provision	Amendment
Section 6a(1)(a)...............	Omit “the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy,”, substitute “1st July, 1970,”.
Section 7.........................	Omit “the twenty-sixth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six,”, substitute “26th October, 1966,”.
Section 11(7)...................	Omit “the twenty-sixth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six,”, substitute “26th October, 1966,”.