Structural Adjustment (Loan Guarantees) Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1975 No. 55

REGULATIONS UNDER THE STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT (LOAN GUARANTEES) ACT 1974.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Structural Adjustment (Loan Guarantees) Act 1974.

Dated this ninth day of April, 1975

John R. Kerr

Governor-General.

By his Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Manufacturing Industry

STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT (LOAN GUARANTEES) REGULATIONS

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Structural Adjustment (Loan Guarantees) Regulations.

Definition.

2. In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Structural Adjustment (Loan Guarantees) Act 1974.

Adjustment situation—25% tariff cut.

3. (1) The circumstances resulting from the action of the Australian Government in reducing by 25 per cent the rates of Customs duty applying to certain tariff items, being items included in Customs Tariff Proposals No 12 of 1973 (excluding revenue items and anti-dumping duties) which operated from 19 July 1973, are-declared to be an adjustment situation for the purposes of the Act.

(2) The Period during which an application for a guarantee may be made in relation to the adjustment situation declared in sub-regulation (1) is the period from and including the date of commencement of these regulations to and including 18 April 1975.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph 14 (a) of the Act, the prescribed classes of firms that are to be eligible for assistance by way of guarantee in relation to the in relation to the adjustment situation declared in sub-regulation (1) are—

(a) all firms in non-metropolitan areas;

(b) firms engaged in textile, apparel or footwear footwear industrial operations in metropolitan areas; and

(c) firms engaged in other industrial operations in metropolitan areas that applied to the Australian Government before 19 January 1975 for assistance by way of guarantee in relation to that adjustment situation.

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 11 April 1975.

11735/75—Recommended retail price 8c 10/4.4.1975

 

(4) In this regulation—

“ metropolitan area ” means an area designated for the purposes of the Census taken in the year 1971 as—

(a) the Sydney Statistical Division;

(b) the Melbourne Statistical Division;

(c) the Brisbane Statistical Division;

(d) the Adelaide Statistical Division;

(c) the Perth Statistical Division; or

(f) the Hobart Statistical Division;

“ non-metropolitan area ” means an area other than a metropolitan area.

Adjustment situation—consumer electronic equipment. &c.

4. (1) The circumstances resulting from the action of the Australian Government in reducing rates of Customs duty applying to consumer electronic equipment and components, being items included in Customs Tariff Proposals No. 18 of 1973, which operated from 20 November 1973, are declared to be an adjustment situation for the purposes of the Act.

(2) The period during which an application may be made in relation to the adjustment situation declared in sub-regulation (1) is the period from and including the dale of commencement of these Regulations to and including 19 May 1975.

Adjustment situation—domestic appliance decision.

5. (1) The circumstances resulting from the action of the Australian Government in reducing rates of Customs duty applying to domestic appliances, heating and cooling equipment and other goods, including parts for them, being hems included in Customs Tariff Proposals No. 4 of 1974, which operated from 4 February 1974, are declared to be an adjustment situation for the purposes of the Act.

(2) The period during which an application for a guarantee may be made in relation to the adjustment situation declared in sub-regulation (1) is the period from and including the date of commencement of these Regulations to and including 23 July 1975.

Adjustment situation—shipbuilding.

6. (1) The circumstances resulting from the action of the Australian Government in reducing rates of Customs duty applying to vessels, being items included in Customs Tariff Proposals No. 8 of 1974, which operated from 1 July 1974, are declared to be an adjustment situation for the purposes of the Act.

(2) The period during which an application for a guarantee may be made in relation to the adjustment situation declared in sub-regulation (1) is the period from and including the date of commencement of these Regulations to and including 18 December 1975.

Adjustment situation—women man-made fibre fabrics.

7. (1) The circumstances resulting from the action of the Australian Government in reducing rates of Customs duty applying to woven man-made fibre fabrics, being items included in Customs Tariff Proposals No. 3 of 1975 which operated from 19 December 1974, are declared to be an adjustment situation for the purposes of the Act.

(2) The period during which an application for a guarantee may be made in region to the adjustment situation declared in sub-regulation (1) is the period from and including the date of commencement of these Regulations to and including 9 December 1975.

Adjustment situation—passenger motor vehicles.

8. (1) The circumstances resulting from the action of the Australian Government in reducing rates of Customs duty applying to passenger motor vehicles, being items included in Customs Tariff Proposals No. 8 of 1975, which operated from 27 January 1975, are declared to be an adjustment situation for the purposes of the Act.

(2) The period during which an application for a guarantee may be made in relation to the adjustment situation declared in sub-regulation (1) is the period from and including the date of commencement of these Regulations to and including 14 November 1975.

Adjustment situation—women shirts and knitted outerwear.

9. (1) The circumstances resulting from the action of the Australian Government in reducing rates of Customs duly applying to woven shirts and knitted outerwear, being items included in Determination Number 135809 made under Part XVI of the Customs Act 1901-1974, which operated from 1 March 1974, are declared to be an adjustment situation for the purposes of the Act.

(2) The period during which an application may be made in relation to the adjustment situation declared in sub-regulation (1) is the period from and including the date of commencement of these Regulations to and including 18 April 1975.

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