Copper Bounty Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1961. No. 18.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE COPPER BOUNTY ACT 1958-1960.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Copper Bounty Act 1958-1960.

Dated this 2nd day of February, 1961.

DUNROSSIL

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Customs and Excise.

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Amendments of the Copper Bounty Regulations. 

Interpretation.

1. Regulation 2 of the Copper Bounty Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the definition of “quarter” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“‘quarter’ means a period of three months commencing on the first day of January, the first day of April, the first day of July or the first day of October in any year;”.

Approval of small producers.

2.—(1.) Regulation 3 of the Copper Bounty Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (4.) and (5.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(4.) Subject to the last preceding sub-regulation, if, in the opinion of the Comptroller-General, the quantity of refined copper likely to be obtained, in a period to which the Act applies, from ore produced in Australia by the producer is less than the prescribed quantity, he may approve the applicant as a small producer for the purposes of these Regulations.”.

(2.) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, a small producer for the purposes of the Copper Bounty Regulations shall, subject to regulation 3a of those Regulations, continue to be a small producer for the purposes of those Regulations.

3. Regulation 3a of the Copper Bounty Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Cancellation of approval as small producer.

“3a. Where the Comptroller-General is satisfied that not less than the prescribed quantity of refined copper has been obtained, or is likely to be obtained, in a period to which the Act applies, from ore produced in Australia by a producer approved as a small producer under the last preceding regulation, he may, by notice in writing served by post on the

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 3rd February, 1961.

  Statutory Rules 1958, No. 75, as amended by Statutory Rules 1960, No. 63.

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producer, cancel the approval of the producer as a small producer, and the producer shall, upon the posting of the notice, cease to be a small producer for the purposes of these Regulations.”.

Form 1.

4. Form 1 in the Schedule to the Copper Bounty Regulations is repealed and the following form inserted in its stead:—

Form 1.

Regulation 3.

Commonwealth of Australia.

Copper Bounty Act 1958-1960.

APPLICATION TO BE APPROVED AS A SMALL PRODUCER.

To the Comptroller-General of Customs.

(a) Insert full name and address of applicant.

(b) Signature of applicant.

(c) Signature and address of witness.

I, (a)    , hereby make application to be approved as a small producer for the purposes of the Copper Bounty Regulations.

I hereby declare that—

(a) the quantity of refined copper likely to be obtained, in any period to which the Copper Bounty Act 1958-1960 applies, being a period less than a year, from ore produced by me in Australia is less than twenty-five tons; and

(b) the quantity of refined copper likely to be obtained, in any period to which the Copper Bounty Act 1958-1960 applies, being a period of a year, from ore produced by me in Australia is less than fifty tons.

Dated at  this  day of  , 19 .

(b)

(c)

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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.