Nitrogenous
Fertilizers Subsidy Amendment Act 1979
No. 109 of 1979
An Act to amend the Nitrogenous Fertilizers Subsidy Act 1966.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be
cited as the Nitrogenous Fertilizers
Subsidy Amendment Act 1979.
(2) The Nitrogenous Fertilizers Subsidy Act 1966 is in this Act referred to
as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. (1) Subject to
sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 4 shall come into
operation on 1 January 1980.
Interpretation
3. Section 3 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) “1979” and
substituting “1980”.
Rate
of subsidy
4. Section 10 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting “$40.00” and substituting “$20.00”.
Application
of section 4
5. The amendment made by
section 4 applies in relation to such goods in respect of which subsidy is
payable as—
(a)
being goods produced in Australia are, after 31 December 1979 and before 1
January 1981, sold by the producer for use in Australia as a fertilizer; or
(b)
being goods imported into Australia are, after 31 December 1979 and before 1
January 1981, sold for use, or used by the importer, in Australia as a
fertilizer.