Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (BOOKS) AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 69 of 1979 - SECT 7

7. Section 6 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
substituted: Rates of bounty
''6. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), the bounty in respect of a book produced
after 31 December 1979 is-

   (a)  in the case of a book produced before 1 January 1983-331/3% of the
        total manufacturing cost of the book;

   (b)  in the case of a book produced on or after 1 January 1983 and before 1
        January 1984-30% of the total manufacturing cost of the book; and

   (c)  in the case of a book produced on or after 1 January 1984-25% of the
        total manufacturing cost of the book.

''(2) Where the publisher of a book produced after 31 December 1979 supplied
any paper or binding materials free of charge to the manufacturer or a
manufacturer of the book for use in the production of the book, bounty in
respect of the book ascertained in accordance with sub-section (1) shall be
increased by an amount equal to-

   (a)  in the case of a book produced before 1 January 1983-25% of the
        publishers paper costs in relation to the book;

   (b)  in the case of a book produced on or after 1 January 1983 and before 1
        January 1984-23% of the publishers paper costs in relation to the
        book; and

   (c)  in the case of a book produced on or after 1 January 1984-20% of the
        publishers paper costs in relation to the book.''.