PRIMARY
PRODUCERS RELIEF (SUPERPHOSPHATE).
No. 20 of 1943.
An Act to provide Relief to Primary Producers by stabilizing the
Price of Superphosphate and for other purposes.
[Assented to 29th March, 1943.]
Preamble.
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House
of Representatives, as follows:—
Citation.
1.This Act may be cited
as the Primary Producers Relief (Superphosphate) Act 1943.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come
into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Definitions.
3.In this Act, unless the
contrary intention appears—
“superphosphate” includes any inorganic
phosphatic fertilizer;
“the Superphosphate Industry Committee” means
the Superphosphate Industry Committee constituted under the National Security
(Superphosphate Industry) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1943, No. 1).
Payments
to manufacturers of superphosphate.
4.—(1.) For the purpose of stabilizing the price of
superphosphate during the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June,
One thousand nine hundred and forty-three, the Minister may, after receipt of a
recommendation by the Superphosphate Industry Committee, authorize the making
of payments to manufacturers of superphosphate.
(2.) In making any recommendation for the purposes
of this section, the Superphosphate Industry Committee shall take into account
any increase in the cost of manufacture of superphosphate which is beyond the
control of the manufacturers, together with such other circumstances (if any)
as the Committee thinks fit.
Other
payments.
5.The
Minister may, after receipt of a recommendation by the Superphosphate Industry
Committee, make any other payment which he considers it desirable to make for
the purpose of decreasing, or preventing any increase in, the price of
superphosphate during the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June,
One thousand nine hundred and forty-three.
Manner
of making payment.
6.Payments
under the last two preceding sections shall be made in such manner as the
Minister, after receipt of a recommendation by the Superphosphate Industry
Committee, determines.
Appropriation.
7.There shall be payable
out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly,
such amounts as are necessary—
(a)
to make the payments provided for by sections four and five of this Act; and
(b)
to pay the expenses and other charges incurred by the Superphosphate Industry Committee,
or for which the Superphosphate Industry Committee becomes liable, in the
exercise of its powers and functions.
but so that the aggregate of the amounts so
appropriated shall not exceed Nine hundred thousand pounds.
Half-yearly
reports.
8.The
Minister shall, in the months of January and July in each year, or, if the
Parliament is not sitting in any such month, within seven days after the next
meeting of the Parliament, furnish to each House of the Parliament a report
showing the amount expended under this Act and the manner in which the amount
has been expended—
(a)
in the case of the first report—since the commencement of this Act; and
(b)
in the case of each subsequent report—since the expiration of the period to
which the previous report relates.
Regulations.
9.