EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO. 107
Amendment of the Bounty (Injection-Moulding Equipment) Regulations
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Industry and Commerce.
The purpose of the proposed regulations is to amend the Bounty (Injection-moulding Equipment) Regulations to provide for a more practical method of labelling items of injection-moulding equipment.
Existing regulation 3 specifies the conditions to be complied with in connection with the manufacture at registered premises of bountiable injectionmoulding equipment.
Existing sub-regulation 3(a) provides that items of injection-moulding equipment shall be allotted consecutive numbers. Existing sub-regulation 3(b) provides that the number allotted shall be affixed to the items of equipment by being stamped by means of a die on the equipment or on a metal plate that is securely rivetted, bolted or screwed to the equipment.
It has been discovered that these labelling requirements are not practical in regard to the manufacture of certain parts as, for example, where official metal labels have to be removed prior to the incorporation of that item into a machine.
Regulation 1 replaces existing sub-regulation 3(b) with a new requirement to provide that the number allotted to an item of injection-moulding equipment shall be stamped on that item by means of a die or clearly stamped or embossed on a label that is securely affixed to that item.
Consequently, it is still permissible to use the metal label system, but it is not obligatory.
Regulation 2 provides that regulation 1 applies in relation to the numbering of items of injection-moulding equipment on or after 23 July 1982 which is the date on which the Bounty (Injection-moulding Equipment) Regulations came into operation.
Although the proposed regulations are deemed to come into operation retrospectively, they are not prejudicial to parties other than the Commonwealth and therefore do not contravene section 48 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.