Cellulose Acetate Flake Bounty Act 1971 (Cth)

Cellulose Acetate Flake Bounty

No. 7 of 1971

An Act relating to the Bounty on Cellulose Acetate Flake.

[Assented to 19 March 1971]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Cellulose Acetate Flake Bounty Act 1971.

(2.) The Cellulose Acetate Flake Bounty Act 1956–1970 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Cellulose Acetate Flake Bounty Act 1956–1971.

Commencement.

2.This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy.

Definitions.

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (f) of the definition of “period to which this Act applies” the word “or”; and

 

(b) by adding at the end of that definition the following paragraphs:—

“(h) the period that commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy, and ended on the thirtieth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and seventy;

(i) the period commencing on the first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy, and ending on the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy;

(j)the year commencing on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one;

(k)the year commencing on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two; or

(l) the year commencing on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three.”.

Extension of period in respect of which bounty is payable.

4. Section 3a of the Principal Act is repealed.

Rate of bounty.

5. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) the word “or” (last occurring); and

(b) by omitting paragraph (c) and inserting in its stead the following paragraphs:—

“(c) in respect of cellulose acetate flake sold on or after the fourteenth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six, but before the first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy—Five cents per pound; or

(d) in respect of cellulose acetate flake sold on or after the first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy—Four cents per pound.”.

Limit of available bounty.

6. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (ga)of sub-section (1.) the word “and” (last occurring); and

(b) by omitting paragraph (h) of sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraphs:—

“(h)in respect of cellulose acetate flake sold during the period to which this Act applies that commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy—is Ninety-three thousand three hundred and thirty dollars;

(i) in respect of cellulose acetate flake sold during the period to which this Act applies commencing on the first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy—is Sixteen thousand six hundred and seventy dollars;

 

(j) in respect of cellulose acetate flake sold during the period to which this Act applies commencing on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one—is Two hundred thousand dollars;

(k)in respect of cellulose acetate flake sold during the period to which this Act applies commencing on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two—is Two hundred thousand dollars; and

(l