Phosphate Fertilizers Subsidy Act 1963 (Cth)

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963
- Reprinted as at 31 May 1984 (HISTACT CHAP 757 #DATE 31:05:1984)

*1* The Phosphate Fertilizers Subsidy Act 1963 as shown in this reprint comprises Act

No. 78, 1963 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
(The citation "Phosphate Fertilizers Subsidy Act 1963" is provided for by the Amendments Incorporation Act 1905 and the Acts Citation Act 1976.)
Table of Acts
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Application,
saving
Number Date Date of or
transitional
Act and year of Assent commencement provisions
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Phosphate
Fertilizers Bounty
Act 1963 78, 1963 31 Oct
1963 31 Oct 1963
Phosphate
Fertilizers Bounty
Act 1966 40, 1966 27 Sept
1966 27 Sept 1966 -
Phosphate
Fertilizers Bounty
Act 1968 86, 1968 21 Nov
1968 14 Aug 1968 -
Phosphate
Fertilizers Bounty
Act 1969 66, 1969 12 Sept
1969 13 Aug 1969 S. 5 (rs.
by 115,
1970, s. 3)
as
amended
by
115, 1970 11 Nov
1970 13 Aug 1969 (see
s. 2) -
Phosphate
Fertilizers Bounty
Act 1971 86, 1971 3 Nov
1971 3 Nov 1971 -
Phosphate
Fertilizers Bounty
Amendment Act 1976 19, 1976 8 Apr
1976 11 Feb 1976 -
Phosphate
Fertilizers Bounty
Amendment Act 1977 66, 1977 16 June
1977 1 July 1977 S. 11
Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Amendments) Act
(No. 1) 1982 26, 1982 7 May
1982 Part X (s. 72):
4 June 1982 (a) -
Fertilizers
(Subsidy)
Amendment Act 1982 69, 1982 31 Aug
1982 1 July 1982 -
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(a) The Phosphate Fertilizers Subsidy Act 1963 was amended by Part X (section 72) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982, sub-section 2 (12) of which provides that Part X shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after Royal Assent.
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. =
repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
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Provision affected How affected
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Title . . . . . . . . am. No. 69, 1982
S. 1 . . . . . . . . am. No. 69, 1982
S. 3 . . . . . . . . am. No. 19, 1976; No. 66, 1977; No. 69, 1982
S. 4 . . . . . . . . am. No. 40, 1966; No. 86, 1968; No. 86, 1971; No.
19, 1976
rs. No. 66, 1977; No. 69, 1982
S. 4A . . . . . . . . ad. No. 86, 1968
am. No. 66, 1977; No. 69, 1982
S. 5 . . . . . . . . rs. No. 66, 1977; No. 69, 1982
S. 5A . . . . . . . . ad. No. 66, 1977
rs. No. 69, 1982
Ss. 6, 7 . . . . . . rs. No. 69, 1982
S. 7A . . . . . . . . ad. No. 69, 1982
Ss. 8, 9 . . . . . . am. No. 40, 1966; No. 86, 1968; No. 66, 1969; No.
19, 1976
rs. No. 66, 1977
am. No. 69, 1982
S. 10 . . . . . . . . am. No. 69, 1982
S. 11 . . . . . . . . rs. No. 66, 1977
am. No. 69, 1982
S. 12 . . . . . . . . am. No. 69, 1982
S. 13 . . . . . . . . am. No. 19, 1976; No. 69, 1982
S. 14 . . . . . . . . am. No. 69, 1982
S. 16 . . . . . . . . am. No. 40, 1966; No. 19, 1976; No. 69, 1982
S. 17 . . . . . . . . am. No. 19, 1976; No. 69, 1982
S. 19 . . . . . . . . am. No. 66, 1977; No. 69, 1982
S. 20 . . . . . . . . am. No. 40, 1966; No. 19, 1976; No. 69, 1982
S. 20A . . . . . . . ad. No. 66, 1977
S. 21 . . . . . . . . am. Nos. 26 and 69, 1982
S. 23 . . . . . . . . am. No. 69, 1982
S. 24 . . . . . . . . am. No. 40, 1966; No. 19, 1976; No. 69, 1982
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PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 
TABLE

                             TABLE  OF  PROVISIONS

Section

  1.       Short title

  2.       Commencement

  3.       Interpretation

  4.       Subsidy in respect of goods produced or imported

  4A.      Trace elements, compounds and substances, deemed to be subsidized

           goods

  5.       Uniformity

  5A.      To whom subsidy payable

  6.       Subsidy may be paid to person authorized by the producer or
importer

  7.       Benefit of subsidy to be passed on to purchasers

  7A.      Avoidance of double subsidy

  8.       Rate of subsidy in respect of superphosphate

  9.       Rate of subsidy in respect of phosphatic substances other than

           superphosphate

  10.      Good quality essential

  11.      Approval of payment of subsidy

  12.      Advance on account of subsidy

  13.      Registration of premises

  14.      Accounts, &c.

  15.      Appointment of authorized persons

  16.      Stocktaking and inspection of production and accounts, &c.

  17.      Power to require person to answer questions and produce documents

  18.      Power to examine on oath

  19.      Security for compliance with Act and regulations

  20.      Offences

  20A.     Applications for review of decisions

  21.      Return for Parliament

  22.      Delegation

  23.      Appropriation

  24.      Regulations

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - LONG TITLE 
SECT

An Act to provide for the payment of subsidy on the production, or in respect
of the importation, of certain Phosphate Fertilizers

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 1 
Short title 
SECT

  1. This Act may be cited as the Phosphate Fertilizers Subsidy Act 1963 .*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 2 
Commencement 
SECT

  2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 3 
Interpretation 
SECT

  3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

  "authorized person" means a person appointed by the Minister under section
15;

  "available phosphorus content", in relation to a substance in respect of
which subsidy is claimed, means the available phosphorus content of that
substance as determined in accordance with the regulations;

  "Collector" means Collector of Customs for a State or Territory;

  "fertilizer mixture" means a mixture resulting from the addition to a
phosphatic substance of fertilizers that are not phosphatic substances;

  "phosphatic substance" means superphosphate, ammonium phosphate or any other
substance that is a chemical compound composed in part of phosphorus;

  "registered premises" means premises registered by the Minister under
section 13;

  "subsidized goods" means-

     (a)  in a case to which paragraph (b) does not apply-phosphatic
substances; and

     (b)  in the case of goods imported into Australia-phosphatic substances
or goods being fertilizer mixtures;

  "subsidy" means subsidy under this Act and includes an advance on account of
subsidy under section 12;

  "subsidy period" means the period commencing on 1 July 1982 and ending on 30
June 1985;

  "the Comptroller-General" means the Comptroller-General of Customs.


  (2) For the purposes of this Act, use as a supplement to stock food shall be
regarded as use as a fertilizer.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 4 
Subsidy in respect of goods produced or imported 
SECT

  4. (1) Subsidy is payable in accordance with this Act on the production
(whether before or after the commencement of the subsidy period) of subsidized
goods.
  (2) A producer is not entitled to receive subsidy in respect of subsidized
goods unless those goods have been produced at registered premises and-

  (a)  are sold during the subsidy period by the producer for use in Australia
as a fertilizer; or

  (b)  are used during the subsidy period by the producer in the production of
a fertilizer mixture for use in Australia.


  (3) Subject to this Act, where subsidized goods are imported into Australia
after the commencement of the subsidy period and, during the subsidy period,
the goods-

  (a)  are sold for use, or used by the importer, in Australia as a
fertilizer; or

  (b)  being phosphatic substances, are used by the importer in the production
of a fertilizer mixture for use in Australia,

subsidy is payable in respect of the importation into Australia of those
goods.
  (4) Where a person sells a phosphatic substance to another person for use by
the other person in producing a fertilizer mixture, the first-mentioned person
shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have sold the phosphatic
substance for use as a fertilizer.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 4A 
Trace elements, compounds and substances, deemed to be subsidized goods 
SECT

  4A. (1) The regulations may specify-

  (a)  a trace element;

  (b)  a compound of a trace element; or

  (c)  a substance that contains not less than a specified proportion of a
trace element or of a compound of a trace element,

to be a trace element, a compound or a substance in relation to which this
section applies.
  (2) Where a trace element, a compound or a substance in relation to which
this section applies has been added to a phosphatic substance in respect of
which subsidy is claimed, the trace element, compound or substance so added
shall be deemed to be that phosphatic substance and to have the same available
phosphorus content as that phosphatic substance, and subsidy is payable
accordingly.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 5 
Uniformity 
SECT

  5. A power conferred on the Governor-General or the Minister by this Act
shall not be exercised in such a manner that any subsidy that is a bounty
within the meaning of paragraph 51 (iii) of the Constitution would not be
uniform throughout the Commonwealth within the meaning of that paragraph.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 5A 
To whom subsidy payable 
SECT

  5A. Subject to section 6, subsidy in respect of subsidized goods is
payable-

  (a)  in the case of subsidy payable under sub-section 4 (1)-to the producer
of the subsidized goods; and

  (b)  in the case of subsidy payable under sub-section 4 (3)-to the importer
of the subsidized goods.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 6 
Subsidy may be paid to person authorized by the producer or importer 
SECT

  6. Subsidy payable to a person may, subject to such conditions and
restrictions, if any, as are prescribed, be paid to another person authorized
by the first-mentioned person to receive the subsidy.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 7 
Benefit of subsidy to be passed on to purchasers 
SECT

  7. Where the Minister is not satisfied that the prices being charged by a
producer or importer to purchasers in respect of the sale of goods, being
goods in respect of which subsidy is payable, are such as to pass on to the
purchasers the full benefit of that subsidy, the Minister may direct that
subsidy shall not be paid to that producer or importer.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 7A 
Avoidance of double subsidy 
SECT

  7A. Where subsidy becomes payable in respect of any goods under this Act,
subsidy is not payable under this Act in respect of goods made in whole or in
part from those goods.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 8 
Rate of subsidy in respect of superphosphate 
SECT

  8. (1) Subsidy in respect of superphosphate, not being superphosphate in
respect of which sub-section (2) applies, is payable at the rate of $12.00 for
each tonne of superphosphate.
  (2) Where the percentage of the available phosphorus content of any
superphosphate is less than 8.5 per centum or more than 8.9 per centum by
weight of the superphosphate, subsidy in respect of the superphosphate is
payable at the rate of $138.00 for each tonne of the available phosphorus
content of the superphosphate.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 9 
Rate of subsidy in respect of phosphatic substances other than 
superphosphate 
SECT

  9. Subsidy in respect of any phosphatic substance other than superphosphate
is payable at the rate of $138.00 for each tonne of the available phosphorus
content of the substance.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 10 
Good quality essential 
SECT

  10. Subsidy is not payable in respect of any subsidized goods unless the
Comptroller-General is satisfied that they are of good and merchantable
quality.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 11 
Approval of payment of subsidy 
SECT

  11. (1) Where an application for subsidy in respect of subsidized goods is
lodged in accordance with the regulations, the Minister shall-

  (a)  if he is satisfied that subsidy is payable in respect of those
goods-approve the payment of the subsidy; or

  (b)  if he is not so satisfied-refuse to approve payment of the subsidy.

  (2) In sub-section (1), subsidy does not include an advance on account of
subsidy under section 12.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 12 
Advance on account of subsidy 
SECT

  12. (1) An advance on account of subsidy may be made to a producer or
importer on such terms and conditions (including conditions with respect to
the passing on to purchasers of subsidized goods or fertilizer mixtures from
the producer or importer of the full benefit of the amount of the advance) as
are approved by the Minister.
  (2) If a person receives by way of advances in respect of subsidy on any
subsidized goods an amount greater than the amount of subsidy payable in
respect of those goods, he is liable to repay to the Commonwealth the amount
of the excess, and the Commonwealth may recover the amount of the excess as a
debt due to the Commonwealth by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 13 
Registration of premises 
SECT

  13. (1) The regulations may prescribe conditions to be complied with, for
the purposes of this Act, in connexion with the production of subsidized goods
at registered premises.
  (2) Where a person carries on, or proposes to carry on, the production of
subsidized goods at any premises, he may apply to the Minister for the
registration of those premises for the purposes of this Act.
  (3) If any conditions have been prescribed under sub-section (1), the
Minister shall not register the premises unless he is satisfied that those
conditions have been, or will be, complied with.
  (4) The Minister may require an applicant under this section to furnish such
information as the Minister considers necessary for the purposes of this Act
and may refuse to register the premises until the information is furnished to
his satisfaction.
  (5) Subject to the last two preceding sub-sections, if, in the opinion of
the Minister, subsidized goods are, or are proposed to be, produced at the
premises in respect of which the application is made, he shall register those
premises for the purposes of this Act.
  (6) If the Minister so determines, the registration shall be deemed to have
taken effect from a date specified by the Minister, which may be a date before
the commencement of this Act.
  (7) Where the Minister is satisfied-

  (a)  that subsidized goods are not being produced at registered premises;

  (b)  that subsidized goods are not being so produced by the person who
applied for registration of the premises; or

  (c)  if any conditions have been prescribed under sub-section (1), that
subsidized goods are not being so produced in accordance with those
conditions,

he may, by notice in writing served on the occupier, and, if the occupier is
not the person who applied for the registration of the premises, on that
person, cancel the registration of the premises.
  (8) For the purposes of the application of section 29 of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901-1963 to the service of a notice under the last
preceding sub-section, a notice posted as a letter addressed to the occupier,
or to the person who applied for the registration of the premises, at the
registered premises shall be deemed to be properly addressed.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 14 
Accounts, &c. 
SECT

  14. (1) A producer or importer of subsidized goods is not entitled to
subsidy unless he keeps, to the satisfaction of the Minister, accounts, books
and documents showing, from time to time, such information as the Minister
requires with respect to-

  (a)  in the case of a producer-the production and sale by the producer of
subsidized goods and fertilizer mixtures; and

  (b)  in the case of an importer-the importation and sale by the importer of
subsidized goods and fertilizer mixtures.


  (2) A producer or importer of subsidized goods is not entitled to subsidy
unless he furnishes to the Comptroller-General, in respect of each financial
year in which subsidy is payable-

  (a)  such information and accounts as the Minister requires in relation to-

      (i)  in the case of a producer-the production and sale by the producer
of subsidized goods and fertilizer mixtures; and

     (ii)  in the case of an importer-the importation and sale by the importer
of subsidized goods and fertilizer mixtures; and

  (b)  if so directed by the Minister-a certificate signed by the producer or
importer, as the case may be, that the information and accounts so furnished
are true and correct in every particular and a certificate, signed by an
auditor, that the information and accounts are true and correct to the best of
the auditor's knowledge and belief.


  (3) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-section, "financial year", in
relation to a person, means a year that is a year of income for the purposes
of the law relating to income tax in its application to that person.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 15 
Appointment of authorized persons 
SECT

  15. The Minister may, by writing under his hand, appoint persons to be
authorized persons for the purposes of this Act.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 16 
Stocktaking and inspection of production and accounts, &c. 
SECT

  16. (1) For the purposes of this Act, an authorized person may, at all
reasonable times enter-

  (a)  registered premises; or

  (b)  any premises where there are stored subsidized goods in respect of
which, or fertilizer mixtures in respect of the subsidized goods in which,
subsidy has been claimed, or, in the opinion of the authorized person, is
likely to be claimed,

and may-

  (c)  inspect or take stock of any subsidized goods or fertilizer mixtures;

  (d)  inspect the processes of production of any subsidized goods or
fertilizer mixtures;

  (e)  take samples of any subsidized goods or fertilizer mixtures; and

  (f)  inspect the accounts, books and documents relating to the production,
importation and sale of subsidized goods or fertilizer mixtures.


  (2) The occupier or person in charge of any registered premises or of
premises referred to in paragraph (b) of the last preceding sub-section shall
provide the authorized person with all reasonable facilities and assistance
for the effective exercise of his powers under this section.
  Penalty: $100.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 17 
Power to require person to answer questions and produce documents 
SECT

  17. (1) The Comptroller-General, a Collector or an authorized person may, by
notice in writing, require a person whom he believes to be capable of giving
information relevant to the operation of this Act in relation to the
production, importation, storage, sale or use of subsidized goods or
fertilizer mixtures to attend before him at the time and place specified in
the notice and there to answer questions and to produce to him such accounts,
books and documents in relation to the production, importation, storage, sale
or use of subsidized goods or fertilizer mixtures as are referred to in the
notice.
  (2) The Comptroller-General, a Collector or an authorized person, may make
and retain copies of, or extracts from, any accounts, books or documents
produced in pursuance of this section.
  (3) A person is not excused from answering a question or producing any
accounts, books or documents when required so to do under this section on the
ground that the answer to the question or the production of the accounts,
books or documents might tend to incriminate him or make him liable to a
penalty, but his answer to any such question is not admissible in evidence
against him in proceedings other than proceedings for an offence against
paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) or paragraph (c) of sub-section (2) of
section 20.

  (4) Where a producer or importer or a person employed by a producer or
importer has failed to attend or to answer a question or to produce any
account, book or document when required so to do under this section, subsidy
is not payable to the producer or importer, unless the Minister otherwise
directs, until the producer or importer or that person has attended, answered
the question or produced the account, book or document, as the case may be.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 18 
Power to examine on oath 
SECT

  18. (1) The Comptroller-General, a Collector or an authorized person may
administer an oath to a person required to attend before him in pursuance of
the last preceding section and may examine that person on oath.
  (2) Where any such person conscientiously objects to take an oath, he may
make an affirmation that he conscientiously objects to take an oath and that
he will state the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to all
questions asked him.
  (3) An affirmation so made is of the same force and effect, and entails the
same penalties, as an oath.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 19 
Security for compliance with Act and regulations 
SECT

  19. The Minister may require a producer or importer to give security, in an
amount determined by the Minister, by bond, guarantee or cash deposit, or by
all or any of those methods, for compliance by him with the provisions of this
Act and the regulations or for the performance of an undertaking given by him
for the purposes of this Act or the regulations, and the producer or importer
is not entitled to subsidy unless he gives security accordingly.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 20 
Offences 
SECT

  20. (1) A person shall not refuse or fail-

  (a)  to attend before the Comptroller-General, a Collector or an authorized
person;

  (b)  to be sworn or make an affirmation; or

  (c)  to answer a question or produce an account, book or document,

when so required in pursuance of this Act.


  Penalty: $100.


  (2) A person shall not-

  (a)  obtain subsidy that is not payable;

  (b)  obtain payment of subsidy by means of a false or misleading statement;
or 

  (c)  present to an officer or other person doing duty in relation to this
Act or the regulations an account, book or document, or make to such an
officer or person a statement, that is false or misleading in a material
particular.


  Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for twelve months.
  (3) Where a person is convicted of an offence against the last preceding
sub-section, the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty under that
sub-section, order the person to refund to the Commonwealth the amount of any
subsidy wrongfully obtained.
  (4) Where a court has made an order under the last preceding sub-section, a
certificate under the hand of the appropriate officer of the court specifying
the amount ordered to be refunded and the person by whom the amount is payable
may be filed in a court having civil jurisdiction to the extent of that amount
and is thereupon enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of that
court.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 20A 
Applications for review of decisions 
SECT

  20A. Applications may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for
review of-

  (a)  a direction of the Minister given under section 7;

  (b)  a decision of the Comptroller-General made for the purposes of section
10;

  (c)  an approval of the Minister given under sub-section 11 (1) or a refusal
of the Minister to give an approval under that sub-section;

  (d)  a refusal of the Minister to register premises under section 13;

  (e)  a determination made by the Minister for the purposes of sub-section 13
(6) or a refusal of the Minister to make a determination for the purposes of
that sub-section;

  (f)  a decision of the Minister made for the purposes of sub-section 13 (7);
or

  (g)  a determination by the Minister of an amount of security made for the
purposes of section 19.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 21 
Return for Parliament 
SECT

  21. (1) The Comptroller-General shall, as soon as practicable after the end
of each financial year in which subsidy is paid, furnish to the Minister a
return setting forth-

  (a)  the name and address of each producer or importer to whom subsidy was
paid;

  (b)  the quantity of subsidized goods in respect of which subsidy was paid
to each producer or importer;

  (c)  the amount of subsidy paid to each producer or importer; and

  (d)  such other particulars, if any, as are prescribed.


  (2) The Minister shall cause a copy of the return to be tabled in each House
of the Parliament within fifteen sitting days of that House after the return
is received by him.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 22 
Delegation 
SECT

  22. (1) The Minister or the Comptroller-General may either generally or in
relation to a matter or class of matters and either in relation to the whole
of the Commonwealth or to a State or part of the Commonwealth, by writing
under his hand delegate all or any of his powers and functions under this Act
(except this power of delegation).
  (2) A power or function so delegated may be exercised or performed by the
delegate in accordance with the instrument of delegation.
  (3) A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not
prevent the exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the
Minister or the Comptroller-General, as the case may be.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 23 
Appropriation 
SECT

  23. Subsidy is payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is
appropriated accordingly.

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY ACT 1963 - SECT 24 
Regulations 
SECT

  24. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by this Act to be
prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
giving effect to this Act, and in particular prescribing-

  (a)  the manner in which, and the time within which, applications for
subsidy shall be made;

  (b)  the information to be furnished by applicants in connexion with
applications for subsidy; and

  (c)  penalties not exceeding $100 for offences against the regulations.