Cotton Bounty (Seed Cotton) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1927. No. 21.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COTTON BOUNTY ACT 1926.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulations under the Cotton Bounty Act 1926, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-third day of February, 1927.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

H. E. PRATTEN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Cotton Bounty (Seed Cotton) Regulations.

Short title.

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

Definitions.

2.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“Authorized person” means a person appointed in writing by the Minister for Trade and Customs to be an authorized person for the purposes of these Regulations;

“Bounty” means bounty under the Act;

“Collector” means Collector of Customs for the State;

“Officer” means officer of Customs;

“The Act” means the Cotton Bounty Act 1926.

Grades and rates of bounty.

3. For the purposes of the Act and these Regulations seed cotton shall be graded in accordance with the following scale, and the rate of bounty payable in respect of each grade shall be as therein specified:—

Grades and Rate of Bounty Payable.

Grade.	Corresponding Universal Lint Standards.	Staple I.	Staple II.	Staple III.
		One inch in length downwards.	Full inch to inch and one-eighth.	Good inch and one-eighth upwards.
Rate of bounty.	Rate of bounty.	Rate of bounty.
Higher Grades.
A	Middling fair......................................................... Strict good middling............................................. Good middling......................................................	1½d.	1½d.	1½d.
B	Good middling...................................................... Strict middling...................................................... Middling...............................................................	1½d.	1½d.	1½d.
C	Middling............................................................... Strict low middling............................................... Low middling........................................................	1½d.	1½d.	1½d.
X	Equivalent to good middling spot........................	1½d.	1½d.	1½d.
XX	Equivalent to middling spot.................................	1½d.	1½d.	1½d.
Lower Grades.
D	Low middling........................................................ Strict good ordinary.............................................. Good ordinary.......................................................	¾d.	¾d.	¾d.
XXX	Equivalent to good ordinary.................................	¾d.	¾d.	¾d.

 

Claims for bounty.

4.—(1.) Claims for bounty on seed cotton shall be made within thirty days after delivery of the seed cotton at the appointed place, and shall contain particulars of the grower’s name in full, his postal address, the number of bags or bales, the weight of the seed cotton, the date of despatch to the ginnery, and the names of the railway stations or places of despatch and arrival, and shall be completed by a claim in the following terms signed by the grower:—

“I hereby claim bounty on the net weight as delivered at the ginnery of the above Australian-grown seed cotton in accordance with the rates and conditions prescribed in the Commonwealth Cotton Bounty Act 1926.”

(2.) In special cases the Minister may authorize the payment of bounty notwithstanding the fact that the grower has not made a claim in accordance with this regulation.

Appointment of agents for paying bounty.

5.—(1.) The Minister may by writing under his hand appoint an agent or agents for the purpose of paying the bounty to the growers.

(2.) The claim by an agent in the State of Queensland for reimbursement of the bounty so paid shall be forwarded to the Collector and shall contain particulars of the name in full and postal address of each grower, the number of bags or bales and the net weight grade and staple of the seed cotton, the rate of bounty, and, the amount of bounty paid, and shall include signed certificates in the following, terms:—

Customs Weigher’s Certificate.

I, Customs Weigher, do hereby certify that the above net weights of seed cotton were delivered at the  ginnery, and that none of the cotton mentioned above has been recorded on any other Receival Sheet.

……………………………………..

Date / / 19  .

Grader’s Certificate.

I, , Queensland Government Cotton Grader, do hereby certify that the above seed cotton has been correctly graded and stapled in accordance with the Cotton Bounty (Seed Cotton) Regulations and that the particulars of grades and staples shown in this Receival Sheet for each consignment are true and correct.

……………………………………..

Date / / 19  .

Manager’s Certificate.

I, Manager, Queensland Cotton Board, do hereby declare that the above is a correct return of all seed cotton received at the ginnery during the period specified; that the staples, grades and net weights are in accordance with the particulars furnished by the responsible officers; that the several amounts of bounty shows herein have been paid to the respective growers entitled thereto and have not been previously paid in respect of any cotton recorded in this return and that nothing on my part has been done or omitted to be done, and to the best of my knowledge and belief nothing on the part of any other person has been done or omitted to be done, whereby the right of the Queensland Cotton Board to reimbursement of bounty payments to growers in respect of the abovementioned seed cotton has been forfeited or taken away.

Signature of Manager.......................................

Queensland Cotton Board.

Declared before me at this day of , 19 .

...............................Officer of Customs or J.P.

Date / / 19  .

 

Inspection of accounts, documents, &c.

6. Any authorized person may, at all reasonable times, enter upon any appointed place or any premises where there is manufactured or stored any seed cotton in respect of which bounty has been claimed or paid and may inspect the accounts, books and documents at the appointed place or promises for the purposes of examination and audit and may, upon inspection and audit, make and take away extracts from those accounts, books and documents.

Claimants to produce documents and give information.

7. Claimants for bounty or the organization, if any, representing such claimants shall—

(a) produce any accounts, books and documents relating to the seed cotton for examination and audit by any authorized person when required by him so to do; and

(b) supply such samples of seed cotton as the Collector requires.

Progress payments in certain cases.

8.—(1.) If at any time during any financial year the Minister considers that the amount available for bounty for such year as determined by the Act may be insufficient to pay in full all valid claims for bounty expected to be received during that year, the Minister may approve of progress payments being made on each claim at such proportion of the full rate of bounty as he determines.

(2.) At the end of the financial year additional payments shall be made to each applicant in respect of all shortpaid claims for that year to the extent, if any, of the amount of bounty available for the year together with any unpaid balance, or any part thereof, remaining available from any previous year; and

(3.) Notwithstanding, anything contained in this regulation, the rate of bounty at which payments are made under this regulation in any year in respect of any grade of seed cotton shall be the same to each applicant for bounty on that grade of seed cotton.

 

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