Flax and Linseed Bounties Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1932. No. 61.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE FLAX AND LINSEED BOUNTIES ACT 1930-1931.

(FIRST AMENDMENT)

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 Flax and Linseed Bounties Act 1930-1931, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated- this twenty-eighth day of June, 1932.

(Sgd.) Isaac A. Isaacs

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) J. A. Perkins

For Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Amendment of the Flax and Linseed Bounties Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1930, No. 154.)

1. Regulation 4 of the Flax and Linseed Bounties Regulations is amended by inserting after words “Form B” the words “or Form BB”.

2. Regulation 5 of the Flax and Linseed Bounties Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “on goods produced in and delivered from a factory”; and

(b) by inserting, after the word “delivery”, the words “of the goods”.

3. Regulation 10 of the Flax and Linseed Bounties Regulations is amended by omitting the word “premises” and inserting in its stead the word “place”.

4. Regulation 11 of the Flax and Linseed Bounties Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in paragraph (a) after the word “factory” the words “or place”; and

(b) by omitting paragraph (c) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(c) keep books and accounts showing clearly the cost of production and sale of the goods upon which bounty is intended to be claimed, the capital employed in such production and sale, and the net profits, derived from such production and sale during each financial year;”.

5. After regulation 11 of the Flax and Linseed Bounties Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

“12. Any person guilty of any breach of these Regulations shall be liable upon conviction to a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds.”.

1800.—Price 3d.

6. Form A of the Schedule to the Flax and Linseed Bounties Regulations is repealed and the following form inserted in its stead:—

“Form A. Regulation 3

Commonwealth of Australia.

Flax and Linseed Bounties Act 1930-1931

NOITICE BY PRODUCER OF INTENTION TO CLAIM BOUNTY

I/We [name in full] of [address in full] hereby give notice that I/we intend to claim bounty in respect of (a)              produced at and delivered from, or to be produced at and delivered from my/our (b)              , and I/we request that this be produced as a continuing notice and that my/our (b)               situated at              be appointed an appointed place for the purposes of the Act.

.....................Signature of Producer or (c)........................

.....................Date. per......................

Authorized Agent.

................Date.”

(a) Insert name of goods.

(b) Insert “factory” or “farm”.

(c) Insert name of producer.

7. After Form B of the Schedule to the Flax and Linseed Bounties Regulations the following form is inserted:—

Commonwealth of Australia.

Flax and Linseed Bounties Act 1930-1931

CLAIM BY A FARMER FOR BOUNTY ON LINSEED

(After completion, forward this form to the Collector of Customs for the State.)

Claimant’s name..................... Postal address ......................

Financial year 193 State of...............

Persuant to my notice of intention to claim bounty, I hereby claim bounty at the rates prescribed by the Flax and Linseed Bounties Act 1930-1931 on               tons               cwt.              qrs..              lb. of linseed, and I declare that—

(a) the said linseed was produced, i.e., threshed or otherwise extracted by me from flax plants grown by me in Australia from seeds of the following varieties, viz.:             

(b) the said linseed was produced at my farm between the…….day of ….....19…and the ……………day of…………19…..;

(c) the said linseed was delivered, i.e., dispatched from my farm, on the following dates, viz.:………..;

(d) the said linseed has been sold to ………………..of …………………..and the attached copy of the account sales from the purchaser or his agent is a correct copy of the original account sales;

(e) I have paid the following amounts for bags, freight, and other delivery expenses in respect of the said linseed:—

(a) ..............................

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(f) the said linseed was, at the time of delivery, of good and merchantable quality;

(g) no other claim for bounty has been made nor has any bounty been paid in respect of the said linseed.

.....................Signature of Producer or (b)........................

.....................Date. per ...........................

Authorized Agent.

.....................Date.”

(a) Give details of each separate expense.

(b) Insert name of producer.

Officer’s Certificate.

I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the particulars and statements declared to in the above claim for bounty are true and correct for the purposes of the Flax and Linseed Bounties Act 1930-1931, and that the claimant is entitled, under the provisions of that Act, to bounty in the sum of……………pounds…………….shillings…………….pence, being at the rate of …………per centum of …………..pounds…………..shillings……………..pence which was the net cash selling values, exclusive of the value of casing and packing, of the linseed specified in the above claim at the time and place of delivery from the appointed place.

.....................

Officer of Customs.

......./……./19……

I certify that this account is correct within the meaning of section 34 of the Audit Act 1901-1926

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Certifying Officer.

......./……./19……

Cheque No.………….”

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.