Cotton Bounty (Yarn) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1926. No. 151.

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-seventh day of October, 1926.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

THOS.W. CRAWFORD,

for Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Cotton Bounty (Yarn) Regulations.

Short title.

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

“Factory” means premises specified in any notice of intention to claim bounty or claim for bounty given or made under the Act;

“Officer” means officer of Customs;

“The Act” means the Cotton Bounty Act 1926.

(2.) Any reference in these Regulations to a Form shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as a reference to a Form in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Notice of intention to claim bounty.

3.—(1.) Notice of intention to claim bounty under the Act shall be given to the Collector by the manufacturer at least thirty days before the claim for bounty is made.

(2.) If so requested by the manufacturer the Collector may accept a notice of intention to claim bounty as a continuing notice.

Form of notice of intention to claim bounty.

4. The notice of intention to claim bounty shall be in accordance with Form A.

Form of claim for bounty.

5. The claim for bounty shall be in accordance with the Form B and shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions thereof.

6. Any authorized person may, at all reasonable times, enter upon any factory or premises where there is manufactured or stored any cotton yarn in respect of which notice of intention to claim bounty has been given and may inspect the process of manufacture of that cotton yarn, and the accounts, books and documents of the manufacturer for the purposes of examination and audit and may, upon inspection and audit, make and take away extracts from those accounts, books and documents.

C.15411.—Price 3d.

Inspection of process of manufacture and of accounts, &c.

7. Where notice of intention to claim bounty has been given in accordance with these Regulations, the manufacturer giving the notice shall—

(a) allow any authorized person to have access at all reasonable times to the factory named in the notice for the purpose of inspecting the process of manufacture of the cotton yarn;

(b) provide, when requested by an authorized person so to do, all reasonable facilities and assistance to effectively inspect the process of manufacture of the cotton yarn;

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

(d) supply such samples of cotton yarn as the Collector requires.

Minimum quantity.

8. The minimum quantity of cotton yarn in respect of which any claim for bounty may be made or recognized shall be Ten thousand pounds.

9. Any claim for bounty on cotton yarn manufactured in a factory before the date of these Regulations shall be made within thirty days after these Regulations come into force and there after claims shall be made within thirty days after completion of manufacture or, with the permission of the Collector, at regularly monthly or quarterly intervals.

10. 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 rates of bounty as he determines:

Provided —

(a) that the rate of bounty per count in respect of such progress payments for each financial year shall be the same to each manufacturer claiming bounty; and

(b) that additional payments at the same rate per count to each manufacturer shall subsequently be made in respect of all short-paid claims for each financial year to the extent, if any, of the amount of bounty available for that year, together with any unpaid balance, or any part thereof, remaining available from any previous year.

 

THE SCHEDULE.

 

FORM A.

Commonwealth of Australia.

Cotton Bounty Act 1926.

Notice by Manufactured of Intention to Claim Bounty.

State of

To the Collector of Customs

I hereby give notice that I intend to claim bounty in respect of cotton yarn manufactured on or after the day of 19 at the factory situated at the undermentioned address* and request that this be accepted as a continuing notice.*

Signature of Manufacturer

Witness Address

Date

Note.—The words between asterisks may be omitted if desired.

 

FORM B.

Commonwealth of Australia.

Cotton Bounty Act 1926.

Departmental Registration

Number

Dr. to (a)

Financial year 19 State of

Pursuant to notice of intention to claim, I hereby claim bounty in respect of cotton yarn manufactured by me at, and delivered from my factory on or after the day of

19  and up to the (b). The particulars relating to the goods are as follow:—

Particulars.

Factory Situated at.	Weight and Description of Cotton Yarn.	Rate of Bounty.	Amount of Bounty Claimed.
Total pounds shillings pence Signature of Manufacturer.

Officer’s Certificate.

I certify to the best of my knowledge and belief after due inquiry that the particulars and statements declared to in the above claim for bounty are true and correct for the purposes of the Cotton Bounty Act 1926 and that the claimant is entitled to bounty on the cotton yarn specified in the claim.

Officer of Customs.

/ /19 .

I certify that this account is correct within the meaning of section 34 of the Audit Act 1901-1926.

Certifying Officer.

/ /19 .

Received on the 19 , from  the sum of  pounds

shillings

pence in full payment of the above account.

Signature

Witness to payment

(Declaration to be indorsed on Claim for Bounty).

I of do hereby declare as follows:—

1. I am the manufacturer of the cotton yarn specified in this claim for bounty.

2. The cotton yarn was manufactured at the factory mentioned in this claim for bounty.

3. The description of the cotton yarn, and the particulars relating thereto, set out in this claim for bounty, are true and correct in every respect.

4. The whole of the cotton yarn specified in this claim for bounty—

(a) has been manufactured in Australia;

(b) is of good and merchantable quality.

5. Not less than fifty per centum of the quantity of cotton used in the manufacture of the cotton yarn specified in this claim for bounty was grown in Australia.

6. 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 my right to bounty in respect of the cotton yarns specified in this claim for bounty has been forfeited or taken away.

7. No other claim for bounty has been made nor has any bounty been paid in respect of the cotton yarn specified in this claim for bounty.

8. The particulars set out hereunder as to persons employed in the factory in the manufacture of cotton yarn, the hours worked by and the rates of wages paid to them, &c. are true and correct.

9. The said rates and the conditions of employment are in accordance with (c)

Employee.		Hours of Labour per week.	Rate of Wage paid per hour.	Remarks.
Name or Number.(d)	Occupation.

Declared before me at

Signature of Manufacturer

this day of 19 

Officer of Customs or J.P.

/ /19 .

(a) Insert name and full address.

(b) Insert date of completion of delivery of goods in respect of which claim is made.

(c) Here insert a general reference to the Federal or State enactment, award or determination under which, employees are working or such agreement or other arrangement between the manufacturer of the cotton yarn and the employees engaged in the industry.

(d) Where there are several employees of one class receiving the same rate of wages it will suffice to insert the number.

 

Cotton Bounty Act 1926.

 

Note.—For the purpose of reference to Statutory Rule 1926, No. 151, the Schedule to the Act is hereto appended:—

The Schedule.

Rate of Bounty payable on Cotton Yarn.

Count.			Rate of Bounty per Pound.
d.
Count No.		1	....................................................	⅓
No.		2	....................................................	⅔
No.		3	....................................................	1
No.		4	....................................................	1⅓
No.		5	....................................................	1⅔
No.		6	....................................................	2
No.		7	....................................................	2⅓
No.		8	....................................................	2⅔
No.		9	....................................................	3
No.		10	....................................................	3⅓
No.		11	....................................................	3⅔
No.		12	....................................................	4
No.		13	....................................................	4⅓
No.		14	....................................................	4⅔
No.		15	....................................................	5
No.		16	....................................................	5⅓
No.		17	....................................................	5⅔
No.		18	....................................................	6
No.		19	....................................................	6⅓
No.		20	....................................................	6⅔
No.		21	....................................................	7
No.		22	....................................................	7⅓
No.		23	....................................................	7⅔
No.		24	....................................................	8
No.		25	....................................................	8⅓
No.		26	....................................................	8⅔
No.		27	....................................................	9
No.		28	....................................................	9⅓
No.		29	....................................................	9⅔
No.		30	....................................................	10
No.		31	and up to and including No. 35.......	10½
No.		36	and up to and including No. 40.......	11
No.		41	or any higher count........................	12

“Count No. 1” means a single yarn, one pound of which measures 840 yards, and any count higher than Count No. 1 means a single yarn one pound of which measures the number of yards obtained by multiplying 840 yards by the number of the count.

 

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