Prune Bounty Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1936. No. 57.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE PRUNE BOUNTY ACT 1936.*

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 Prune Bounty Act 1936.

Dated this twenty ninth day of April, 1936.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for Acting Minister of State for Commerce.

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Prune Bounty Regulations.

Short title.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Prune Bounty Regulations.

Weight of prunes on which bounty payable.

2. For the purpose of ascertaining the weight of any prunes, as at the date of export, there shall, for the purposes of the Prune Bounty Act 1936, be deducted the weight of any liquid or other substance added to the prunes as the result of any process subsequent to the process of drying.

Quantity of prunes on which bounty payable.

3. The quantity of prunes in respect of which bounty shall be payable to a grower where the prunes have been exported by or on behalf of a person other than the grower shall be the quantity which bears to the total quantity exported by the exporter the same proportion as the quantity deliverer by that grower to that exporter bears to the total quantity delivered to that exporter by growers.

Applications for bounty.

4.— (1.) An application for the payment of bounty may be in accordance with Form A in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2.) The declaration contained in the application shall be made before a Commissioner for Declarations, Justice of the Peace, Bank Manager, Postmaster (or officer in charge of a Post Office), Station Master (or other railway official in charge of a station or siding), or a Constable or Officer of Police.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1936.

2063.—6/28.4.1936.—Price 3d.

THE SCHEDULE.

Form A. Reg. 4.

Commonwealth of Australia.

Prune Bounty Act 1936.

Prune Bounty Regulations.

APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT OF BOUNTY ON PRUNES EXPORTED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH DURING THE YEAR 1935.

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To the Secretary,

Department of Commerce,

Canberra, F.C.T.

1. I,...................................................................................................................................

[Christian names in full, surname in block letters.]

of ........................................... in the State ………………………………………………. of

[State full postal address.]

hereby apply for payment of bounty under the Prune Bounty Act 1936 in respect of primes produced by me and exported during the year 1935.

2. In connexion with this application I hereby declare as follows:—

(a)The total quantity of prunes produced by me during the year 1935 was..............pounds.

(b)The total quantity of prunes exported by me or on my behalf during 1935 was ..........................pounds.

(c)The name and address of each person or firm to whom prunes were delivered by me for processing and sale on my behalf during 1935, and the quantities of prunes so delivered, were as follows: —

Name.	Address.	Quantity of Prunes Delivered.
lbs.
Total..........................................

(d)The name and address of each person or firm to whom prunes were sold outright by me during the year 1935, and the quantities of prunes so sold, were as follows:—

Name.	Address.	Quantity of Prunes Sold Outright.
lbs.
Total..........................................

(e) No other application for bounty in respect of the prunes referred to in this application has been made by me or on my behalf, nor have I received payment of any bounty in respect of the said prunes. No other person or company has, to the best of my knowledge and belief, claimed or received payment of bounty in respect of the said prunes.

(f) The particulars set out above are true and correct in every particular.

Dated this …………………………….day of……………………………………………, 1936.

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Signature of Claimant for Bounty.

Declared by the above-named applicant before me—

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* Signature and address of person taking declaration, and whether a Commissioner for Declarations, Justice of the Peace, Bank Manager, Postmaster (or officer in charge of a Post Office), Station Master (or other railway official in charge of a station or siding), or a Constable or Officer of Police.

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Note.—This application must reach the Secretary, Department of Commerce, Canberra, on or before 30th June, 1936.

Penalty for False Statements, etc.—The penalty under the Act for—

(a)obtaining or attempting to obtain payment of any bounty which is not payable;

(b) obtaining or attempting to obtain payment of bounty by means of any false or misleading statement; or

(c) presenting to any officer or other person doing duty in relation to the Act or the Regulations any document or making to such officer or person any false statement,

is £100 or imprisonment for one year.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.