Copper Bounty Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1960. No. 63.

 

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 11th day of August, 1960.

DUNROSSIL

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Customs and Excise.

 

AMENDMENTS OF THE COPPER BOUNTY REGULATIONS. 

Approval of small producers.

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-regulations:—

“(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 the period that commenced on the first day of July, 1960, and ends on the thirty-first day of December, 1960, is less than twenty-five tons, he may approve the applicant as a small producer for the purposes of these Regulations.

“(5.) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this sub-regulation, approved as a small producer for the purposes of these Regulations shall, subject to regulation 3Aof these Regulations, continue to be approved as a small producer for those purposes.”.

Cancellation of approval as small producer.

2. After regulation 3 of the Copper Bounty Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

“3A. Where the Comptroller-General is satisfied that—

(a)not less than fifty tons of refined copper has been obtained in the year that commenced on the first day of July, 1959; or

(b)not less than twenty-five tons of refined copper has been obtained or is likely to be obtained in the period that commenced on the first day of July, 1960, and ends on the thirty-first day of December, 1960,

by a producer approved as a small producer under the last preceding regulation, he may, by notice in writing served by post on the 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.”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 18th August, 1960.

  Statutory Rule 1958, No. 75.

4720/60.—PRICE 3D. 10/8.7.1960.

 

The Schedule.

3. The Schedule to the Copper Bounty Regulations is amended by omitting Form 1 and inserting in its stead the following form:—

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 for the purposes of the Copper Bounty Regulations as a small producer of refined copper. I hereby declare that the quantity of refined copper likely to be obtained in the period that commenced on the first day of July, 1960, and ends on the thirty-first day of December, 1960, from ore produced by me in Australia is less than twenty-five tons.

Dated at this day of , 19 .

(c)(b)

 

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