Bounty (Paper) Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1982 No. 1411

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Bounty (Paper) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Bounty (Paper) Act 1979.

Dated 19 June 1982.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

PHILLIP LYNCH

Minister of State for Industry and Commerce

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Bounty (Paper) Regulations.

Interpretation

2. In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

"authorized agent" means a person appointed under regulation 6 to be an authorized agent;

"the Act" means the Bounty (Paper) Act 1 979.

Conditions of manufacture

3. The conditions to be complied with, for the purposes of the Act, in connection with the manufacture at registered premises of bountiable paper are as follows:

(a) each reel or palletized ream of bountiable paper sold by the manufacturer shall be allotted numbers or symbols from which the date and number of the production run in which that reel or palletized ream was manufactured may be determined;

(b) the numbers or symbols allotted to a reel or palletized ream of bountiable paper shall be marked on the reel or palletized ream by means of a stencil or on a tag that is securely fixed to the reel or palletized ream.

Application for bounty

4. (1) An application for bounty in respect of bountiable paper—

(a) shall be in writing;

(b) shall be signed by, or on behalf of, the manufacturer of the paper in the presence of a witness;

(c) shall state the name and address of the witness and contain a declaration signed by the witness stating that the application was signed in the presence of the witness; and

(d) shall be delivered to the Collector for the State or Territory in which the manufacture of the paper was completed or, if there is no such Collector, to the Comptroller-General—

(i) except where sub-paragraph (ii) applies—within a period of 3 months after the relevant date in relation to the application; or

(ii) where the Minister or an authorized person has consented to an extension of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (i) in relation to the application—within a period of not more than 12 months after the relevant date in relation to the application.

(2) The Minister or an authorized person shall not give, for the purposes of paragraph (1) (d), his consent to an extension of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (1) (d) (i) in relation to an application for bounty in respect of bountiable paper unless—

(a) a request in writing for an extension of that period has (whether before or after the expiration of that period) been made by, or on behalf of, the manufacturer of the paper; and

(b) the application could not, or cannot, reasonably be expected to have been made, or to be made, within the period specified in sub-paragraph (1) (d) (i).

(3) In this regulation—

"authorized person" means a person appointed in writing by the Minister to be an authorized person for the purposes of this regulation;

"relevant date", in relation to an application for bounty in respect of bountiable paper, means—

(a) if the bountiable paper was sold by the manufacturer before the date of commencement of these Regulations—that date; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply in relation to the bountiable paper—the date on which the bountiable paper was sold by the manufacturer.

Information to be furnished in connection with an application for bounty

5. In connection with an application for bounty in respect of bountiable paper, the applicant shall furnish the following information:

(a) the name and address of the manufacturer of the paper;

(b) the address of the registered premises at which the paper was manufactured;

(c) in respect of bountiable coated paper—

(i) the date on which the paper was sold by the manufacturer;

(ii) the weight of the paper sold; and

(iii) the date on which the manufacture of the paper sold was completed;

(d) in respect of bountiable uncoated paper—

(i) the date on which the paper was sold by the manufacturer;

(ii) the weight of the paper sold; and

(iii) the date on which the manufacture of the paper sold was completed;

(e) the amount of bounty applied for;

(f) whether an application for bounty has been made in respect of other paper that has been sold by the manufacturer in the same period to which the Act applies as the paper to which the present application relates and, if such an application has been made—

(i) the date of the application;

(ii) the amount of bounty applied for in the application;

(iii) the date of any payment made by way of bounty or advance on account of bounty in respect of the paper referred to in the application; and

(iv) the amount of any payment made by way of bounty or advance on account of bounty, as the case may be;

(g) whether a previous application for bounty has been made in respect of the paper to which the present application relates and, if such an application has been made—

(i) the date of the application;

(ii) the reason for making the application that is now being made;

(iii) the date of any payment made by way of bounty or advance on account of bounty in respect of the paper; and

(iv) the amount of any payment made by way of bounty or advance on account of bounty, as the case may be.

Authorized agents

6. (1) A manufacturer of bountiable paper may, by instrument in writing, appoint a person, being a person who has attained the age of 18 years, to be his authorized agent for the purpose of signing on his behalf any document that the manufacturer may be required to sign by, or for the purposes of, the Act or these Regulations.

(2) An instrument referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be in accordance with the form in the Schedule and shall be delivered to a Collector or to the Comptroller-General.

(3) A manufacturer who, in pursuance of sub-regulation (1), has appointed an authorized agent may, at any time, revoke the appointment by writing under his hand delivered to a Collector or to the Comptroller-General.

Execution of documents by a company

7. Where a manufacturer of bountiable paper is required by, or for the purposes of, the Act or these Regulations to sign a document and the manufacturer is a company, the document may be signed on behalf of the company by a director or the secretary of the company.

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SCHEDULE Regulation 6

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Bounty (Paper) Regulations

APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORIZED AGENT BY MANUFACTURER OF BOUNTIABLE PAPER

To

(Title of person to whom delivered)

I,

(Full name and address of manufacturer)

hereby appoint

(Full name and address of authorized agent)

a specimen of whose signature appears below, to be my authorized agent for the purpose of signing on my behalf any document that I may be required to sign by, or for the purposes of, the Bounty (Paper) Act 1979 or the Bounty (Paper) Regulations.

Dated at this day of 19 .

(Signature of manufacturer or, where the manufacturer is a company, signature of a director or the secretary of the company and his designation)

(Signature of authorized agent)

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette