NITROGENOUS FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY AMENDMENT ACT
(No. 2) 1976
No. 152 of 1976
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 (No. 2) 1976.
(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 1977.
Interpretation.
3. Section 3 of the Principal
Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) the figures “1976” and
substituting the figures “1977”.
Rate of subsidy.
4. Section 10 of the Principal
Act is amended by omitting the figures “$78.74” and substituting the figures “$60.00”.
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 1976 and before 1 January
1978, sold by the producer for use in Australia as a fertilizer; or
(b) being
goods imported into Australia, are, after 31 December 1976 and before 1 January
1978, sold for use, or used by the importer, in Australia as a fertilizer.