Financial Agreements Enforcement Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1932. No. 41.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS

ENFORCEMENT ACTS 1932.

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 Financial Agreements Enforcement Acts 1932, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of April, 1932.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. A. LYONS

Treasurer.

 

Amendment of the Financial Agreements Enforcement Regulations.

1. Regulation 3 of the Financial Agreements Enforcement Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) Any person by whom a return is required to be furnished by or under any Act of the State of New South Wales specified in any notice published in the Gazette by the Treasurer under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall, upon the publication of the notice, furnish the return to the Treasurer or to such person as is specified in the notice, and if the notice specifies a time within which, or a manner in which, the return shall be furnished, the person shall furnish the return to the Treasurer or to the person specified in the notice within that time and in that manner.”.

2. Regulation 4 of the Financial Agreements Enforcement Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after the word “person” (second occurring) the letter “(a)”; and

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph—“; and (b) furnish to the Treasurer or to such person as is specified in the notice, and within such time as is so specified, a return, report or statement showing—

(i) what documents relative to any one or more of the respective classes of revenue specified in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 3 of these Regulations were received or issued by the Minister, officer or person;

(ii) whether copies of the documents so received or issued were made;

(iii) the name and address of the person having the custody or control of any such documents or copies; and

(iv) such other information within his knowledge or possession relating to any of the classes of revenue so specified as is referred to in the notice.”.

1339.—Price 3d.

 

3. Regulation 6 of the Financial Agreements Enforcement Regulations is amended by omitting the words “any notice published” and inserting in their stead the words “, or request contained in, any notice published or served”.

4. After regulation 7 of the Financial Agreements Enforcement Regulations the following regulation is added:—

Application of Acts Interpretation Acts to these Regulations.

“8. The Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1930 and the Acts Interpretation Act 1904-1930, together with any amendments of either of those Acts which are made from time to time, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, apply to these Regulations as if they were an Act and as if each of these Regulations were a section of an Act.”.

5. After regulation 1 of the Financial Agreements Enforcement Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Definition.

“1a. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, ‘State’ means a State to which the provisions of sections seven to thirteen (inclusive) of the Financial Agreements Enforcement Acts 1932 apply.”.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.