Raw Cotton Bounty Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1967 No.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAW COTTON BOUNTY ACT 1963-1966.*

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 Raw Cotton Bounty Act 1963-1966.

Dated this ninth day of November, 1967.

CASEY

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Ken Anderson

Minister of State for Customs and Excise.

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Amendments of the Raw Cotton Bounty Regulations 

Application for bounty.

1. Regulation 5 of the Raw Cotton Bounty Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(a) relate only to raw cotton sold—

(i) during a period of three months that commenced on the first day of March, June, September or December; or

(ii) during a period of twelve months that commenced on the first day of March;”.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1967.

 Statutory Rules 1964, No. 31.

12943/67—Price5c 9/4.10.1967

Raw cotton in respect or which bounty is payable.

2.—(1.) Regulation 7 of the Raw Cotton Bounty Regulations is amended by omitting the table and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Grade	Staple Length
Good Middling White................................................................................................
Good Middling Light Spotted.................................................................................
Good Middling Light Gray......................................................................................
Good Middling Gray.................................................................................................
Strict Middling White................................................................................................
Strict Middling Light Spotted..................................................................................
Strict Middling Spotted.............................................................................................
Strict Middling Light Gray.......................................................................................	11/8 or longer
Strict Middling Gray.................................................................................................	11/32″
Middling Plus White.................................................................................................	11/16″
Middling Light Spotted............................................................................................	11/32″
Middling Spotted......................................................................................................	1″
Middling Light Gray................................................................................................	21/32″
Middling Gray...........................................................................................................	15/16″
Strict Low Middling Plus White.............................................................................	21/32″
Strict Low Middling White.....................................................................................	7/8″
Strict Low Middling Light Spotted.......................................................................
Strict Low Middling Spotted..................................................................................
Strict Low Middling Light Gray............................................................................
Strict Low Middling Gray........................................................................................
Low Middling White................................................................................................
Low Middling Light Spotted..................................................................................
Low Middling Spotted.............................................................................................
11/8″ or longer
13/32″
11/16″
Middling White.........................................................................................................	11/32″
21/32″
15/16″
20/32″
7/8″

(2.) The amendment of regulation 7 of the Raw Cotton Bounty Regulations effected by the last preceding sub-regulation has effect in relation to raw cotton sold by the processor for use in Australia on or after the first day of March, 1967.

(3.) An application by a processor for bounty, being a processor who lodges applications in respect of periods of three months, in respect of raw cotton of a grade specified in the next succeeding sub-regulation that was sold by the processor for use in Australia before the commencement of these Regulations may, notwithstanding paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 5 of the Raw Cotton Bounty Regulations, be lodged with the Collector within three months after the commencement of these Regulations.

(4.) The following grades of raw cotton are specified for the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation:—

Good Middling Light Gray

Good Middling Gray

Strict Middling Light Gray

Strict Middling Gray

Middling Light Gray

Middling Gray

Strict Low Middling Light Gray

Strict Low Middling Gray.

 

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By Authority: A. J.