Export Market Development Grants (Grants Entry Requirements) Determination 2016 (Cth)

Export Market Development Grants (Grants Entry Requirements) Determination 2016

I, Bruce Gosper, Chief Executive Officer of Austrade, make this Determination under subsection 21 (1) of the Export Market Development Grants Act 1997.

Dated    23 June 2016

Bruce Gosper

Chief Executive Officer of Austrade

1. Name of Determination

   This Determination is the Export Market Development Grants (Grants Entry Requirements) Determination 2016.

2. Commencement

   This Determination commences on 1 July 2016.

3. Application

   This Determination applies to an application for a grant in respect of the grant year commencing on 1 July 2016 or a later grant year.

4. Grants entry requirements

     (1)   The grants entry requirements for a person that applies for a grant in respect of a grant year are that the person:

(a)    has sufficient financial resources to carry on its intended activities; and

(b)    has taken reasonable steps to prepare for export, as demonstrated by having carried out activities such as export market research, export market planning or export product development; and

(c)    proposes export activities that are not, on the face of it, unlawful or impracticable (for example: export of alcohol to a country where the sale of alcohol is prohibited; export of goods for which consent needed for their export is unlikely to be given; export of a product for which raw material is unavailable).

(2)   The person must, if asked by the CEO of Austrade, give to the CEO of Austrade any documents that it relies on to demonstrate that it meets the requirements mentioned in subsection (1).

1. Revocation and savings

   (1) The Determination made under subsection 21 (1) of the Export Market Development Grants Act 1997 on 30 April 2002 is revoked.

   (2)   However, that Determination continues to apply to an application for a grant in respect of a grant year commencing before 1 July 2016.