Urea Bounty Act 1970 (Cth)

Urea Bounty

No. 64 of 1970

An Act relating to the Bounty on Urea.

[Assented to 14 October 1970]

[Date of commencement, 11 November 1970]

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 Urea Bounty Act 1970.

(2.) The Urea Bounty Act 1966-1969 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Urea Bounty Act 1966-1970.

Definitions.

2. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of the definition of “period to which this Act applies” the word “or”; and

(b) by adding at the end of that definition the following word and paragraph:—

“or (d) the period that commenced on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy, and ended on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy;”.

 

Extension of period in respect of which bounty is payable.

3. Section 3a of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—

“(1.) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare that a period commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy, and ending on such date as is specified in the Proclamation (being a date not later than the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy) is a period to which this Act applies.”.

Limit of available bounty.

4. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-section (1.) the word “and” (last occurring); and

(b) by inserting after that paragraph the following paragraph:—

“(ca)