Statutory Rules
1975 No. 129
REGULATIONS UNDER THE EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS ACT 1974.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of June, 1975.
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
LIONEL BOWEN
Minister of State for Manufacturing Industry for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Overseas Trade.
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EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS REGULATIONS
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Export Market Development Grants Regulations.
Definition.
2. In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974.
Prescribed bodies.
3. Each authority or association specified in Schedule 1 is prescribed for the purposes of the definition of “ prescribed body ” in sub-section 3 (1) of the Act.
Prescribed markets.
4. The prescribed markets for the purposes of the application of the Act in relation to the grant year that commenced on 1 July 1974 and the grant year commencing on 1 July 1975 are those specified in Schedule 2.
Verification of claim relating to eligible expenditure not exceeding $5,000.
5. A claim under section 13 of the Act shall, where the amount specified in the claim as the eligible expenditure of the claimant does not exceed $5,000, be verified by a statutory declaration, in accordance with the form in Schedule 3, made—
(a) if the claimant is a natural person—by that person;
(b) if the claimant is a partnership of natural persons—by one of those persons; or
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 30 June 1975.
(c) if the claimant is—
(i) an authority constituted by a law of Australia or of a State or internal Territory; or
(ii) any other body or association, whether corporate or incorporate,
by a person, being one of the persons responsible for the management of the authority, body or association, authorized by the authority, body or association to make that declaration.
Claim in respect of eligible expenditure exceeding $5,000 to be accompanied by Auditor’s certificate.
6. (1) A claim under section 13 of the Act shall, where the amount specified in the claim as the eligible expenditure of the claimant exceeds $5,000, be accompanied by a certificate of a registered company auditor, or an auditor approved for the purpose by the Export Development Grants Board, certifying, in relation to the claim—
(a) that the auditor has examined the contents of the books of account and the records of the claimant;
(b) that the auditor has obtained such additional information and explanations as the auditor has required; and
(c) that, in the opinion of the auditor, the particulars contained in the claim form, and in documents annexed to the claim form, are true and fair.
(2) In this regulation, “ registered company auditor ” means an auditor who is registered under a law of a State or Territory relating to companies as a registered company auditor.
Allowances in respect of service outside Australia.
7. Where a member (including the Chairman) of the Board performs duties outside Australia and the external Territories, he is entitled to be paid such allowances as he would be entitled to be paid if he were an officer of the Australian Public Service and were included in the Second Division.
Other allowances payable to Chairman.
8. The Chairman of the Board is entitled to be paid in respect of the performance of his duties in Australia or in an external Territory such allowances, other than travelling allowance, as he would be entitled to be paid if he were an officer of the Australian Public Service and were included in the Second Division.
Commencement.
9. Regulations 7 and 8 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 4 June 1975.
SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 3
Prescribed Bodies
(Sub-section 3 (1) of the Act)
Australian Apple and Pear Corporation
Australian Barley Board
Australian Bight Fisherman’s Society Ltd
Australian Book Publishers Association
Australian Brahman Breeders Association
Australian Canned Fruits Board
Australian Dairy Produce Board
Australian Dried Fruits Control Board
Australian Egg Board
Australian Film Development Corporation
Australian Honey Board
Australian Meat Board
Australian Shorthorn Export Association
Australian Wheat Board
Australian Wine Board
Schedule 1—continued
Australian Wool Corporation
Barossa Co-operative Winery Limited
Berri Co-operative Packing Union Limited
Berri Co-operative Winery & Distillery Ltd
Co-operative Almond Producers Limited
Co-operative Wines (Australia) Limited
Dairy Vale Co-operative Limited
Honey Pool of Western Australia
Loxton Co-operative Winery & Distillery Ltd
Potato Marketing Board of Tasmania
Red Comb Co-operative Limited
Ricegrowers’ Co-operative Mills Ltd
Rural Traders Co-operative (W.A.) Ltd
South Australian Fishermen’s Co-operative Ltd
South Australian Seedgrowers Co-operative Ltd
The Atherton Tableland Maize Marketing Board
The Barley Marketing Board
The Blood Horse Breeders’ Association of Australia
The Buderim Ginger Growers’ Co-operative Association Ltd
The Butter Marketing Board
The Central Queensland Grain Sorghum Marketing Board
The Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing
The Cotton Marketing Board
The Grain Pool of W.A.
The Grain Sorghum Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales
The Midland Junction Abattoirs Board
The Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society
The Navy Bean Marketing Board
The Oats Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales
The Peanut Marketing Board
The Queensland Graingrowers’ Association
The Rice Marketing Board
The Sugar Board
The Western Australian Meat Export Works
Waikerie Co-operative Producers Limited
Western Australian Lamb Marketing Board
Western Australian Potato Marketing Board
SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 4
Prescribed Markets
(Section 7 of the Act)
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Arab Republic of Egypt
Argentina
Australian Antarctic Territory
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Solomon Islands Protectorate
Brunel
Bulgaria
Burma
Burundi
Schedule 2—continued
Cambodia
Cameroun
Canada
Cape Verde Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China, People’s Republic of
Colombia
Comoro Islands
Congo, The People’s Republic of
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Dahomey
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Falkland Island and Dependencies
Fiji
Finland
France
French Southern and Antarctic Territories
French Territory of the Afars and Issas
Gabon
Gambia
German Democratic Republic
Germany, Federal Republic of
Ghana
Gibraltar
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Greece
Guam
Guatemala
Guiana (French)
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland (Eire)
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Leeward Islands
Lesotho Liberia Libya
Schedule 2—continued
Luxembourg
Macao (Macau)
Malagasy Republic
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Polynesia (French)
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion
Ross Dependency
Romania
Rwanda
Samoa (American)
Sao Tome and Principe
St Helena
St Pierre and Miquelon
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somali Democratic Republic
South Africa
South Vietnam, Republic of
Spain
Spanish Sahara
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Surinam
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Territory of Christmas Island
Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Schedule 2—continued
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Thailand
Timor
Togo
Tokelau Islands
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (U.S.A.)
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Upper Volta
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam, Democratic Republic of
Virgin Islands (American)
Virgin Islands (British)
Wallis and Futuna Islands
West Indies (French)
Western Samoa
Windward Islands
Yemen Arab Republic
Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of
Yugoslavia
Zaire, Republic of
Zambia
SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 5
AUSTRALIA
EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS ACT 1974
STATUTORY DECLARATION VERIFYING CLAIM
I
(Given names) (Surname)
of
(Address)
solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:—
1. I am a person entitled to make this Statutory Declaration in relation to the claim made on 19 by (Date of claim) (Full name of claimant) for a grant under the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974.
* Delete if inapplicable
2. The information set out in the claim form relating to that claim *, and in the documents annexed to the claim form, is true and correct in every particular.
AND I make this solemn declaration by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959-1973, and subject to the penalties provided by that Act for the making of false statements in statutory declarations, conscientiously believing the statements contained in this declaration to be true in every particular.
Signature of Declarant...............................................................................
† Delete whichever is inapplicable
Declared by the above at in the †State/Territory of the day of 19 .
Before me......................................................................................
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