Pyrites Bounty Act 1965 (Cth)

Pyrites Bounty

No. 37 of 1965

An Act to amend the Pyrites Bounty Act 1960.

[Assented to 2 June, 1965]

[Date of commencement, 30 June, 1965]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Pyrites Bounty Act 1965.

(2.) The Pyrites Bounty Act 1960, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Pyrites Bounty Act 1960-1965.

Interpretation.

2. Section 3 of the Pyrites Bounty Act 1960 is amended by omitting sub-section (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-sections:—

“(2.) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following periods is a period to which this Act applies:—

(a) the period of six months commencing on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one;

(b) the year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one;

(c) each of the next three succeeding years; and

(d) the period of six months commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five.

 

“(3.) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation, specify a date, being a date before the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, but not before the date on which the Proclamation is published in the Gazette, as the date on which bounty shall cease to be payable.

“(4.) Where a Proclamation has been made under the last preceding sub-section, then, for the purposes of this Act, the period commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, and ending on the date specified in the Proclamation shall be deemed to be, and at all times from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, to have been, a period to which this Act applies in lieu of the period specified in paragraph (d) of sub-section (2.) of this section.

“(5.) Where—

(a) a Proclamation has been made under sub-section (3.) of this section; and

(b) the date specified by the Proclamation is a date before the first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five,

then, for the purposes of this Act, the period commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, and ending on the date so specified shall be deemed to be a quarter.

“(6.) Where—

(a) a Proclamation has been made under sub-section (3.) of this section; and

(b) the date specified by the Proclamation is a date after the first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five,

then, for the purposes of this Act, the period commencing on the last-mentioned date and ending on the date so specified shall be deemed to be a quarter.”.