Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Bounty (Injection-moulding Equipment) Amendment Act 1983 No. 77 of 1983 - SECT 3

3. After section 8 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Bounty payable in respect of certain injection-moulding equipment

''8A. (1) In this section-

'relevant date A' means 29 February 1984 or such date as is fixed by the
Minister, by notice published in the Gazette before 29 February 1984, as
relevant date A, not being a date that is-

   (a)  earlier than the date of publication of the notice; or

   (b)  later than 21 May 1984;

'relevant date B' means 22 May 1984 or such date as is fixed by the Minister,
by notice published in the Gazette before 22 May 1984, as relevant date B, not
being a date that is-

   (a)  earlier than the date of publication of the notice;

   (b)  earlier than relevant date A; or

   (c)  later than 22 November 1984;

'relevant equipment A' means injection-moulding equipment the manufacture of
which was completed within the period commencing on 23 May 1983 and ending on
relevant date A;

'relevant equipment B' means injection-moulding equipment the manufacture of
which was completed within the period commencing on the day immediately
following relevant date A and ending on relevant date B;

'relevant manufacturer A' means a manufacturer of injection-moulding equipment
who the Minister is satisfied-

   (a)  engaged, throughout the period commencing on 10 June 1983 and ending
        on relevant date A, in the manufacture in Australia of machines of the
        kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of
        'injection-moulding equipment' in section 3; and

   (b)  used his best endeavours to ensure that, throughout that period, the
        number of persons employed by him and directly involved in the
        manufacture of injection-moulding equipment in Australia was not less
        than that number at the commencement of that period;

'relevant manufacturer B' means a relevant manufacturer A who-

   (a)  after relevant date A, gave the Minister an undertaking in writing
        that he would use his best endeavours to ensure that, throughout the
        period commencing on the giving of the undertaking and ending on
        relevant date B, the number of persons employed by him and directly
        involved in the manufacture of injection-moulding equipment in
        Australia would be not less than that number on 10 June 1983; and

   (b)  the Minister is satisfied, used his best endeavours to ensure that,
        throughout the period commencing on the day immediately following
        relevant date A and ending immediately before he gave that
        undertaking, the number of persons employed by him and directly
        involved in the manufacture of injection-moulding equipment in
        Australia was not less than that number on 10 June 1983.

''(2) For the purposes of this section, an employee of a manufacturer of
injection-moulding equipment shall be taken to be directly involved in the
manufacture of injection-moulding equipment if, and only if, the work, or the
principal work, that he performs in the course of his employment is-

   (a)  work on the design of the equipment;

   (b)  work involved in carrying out, or in supervising the carrying out of,
        the processes of the manufacture of the equipment; or

   (c)  work involved in the handling of materials for use in the manufacture
        of the equipment.



''(3) If relevant date B is a date later than 22 May 1984, this Act applies,
in relation to relevant manufacturers B in respect of relevant equipment B, as
if the references in paragraphs 7 (3) (b) and (c) to a year to which this Act
applies included a reference to the period commencing on 23 May 1984 and
ending on relevant date B.

''(4) The bounty payable to a relevant manufacturer A in respect of relevant
equipment A is an amount equal to 25% of the additional value of the
equipment.

''(5) Subject to sub-section 8, the bounty payable to a relevant manufacturer
B in respect of relevant equipment B is-

   (a)  in the case of equipment the manufacture of which was completed before
        23 May 1984-an amount equal to 25% of the additional value of the
        equipment; or

   (b)  in the case of equipment (if any) the manufacture of which was
        completed after 22 May 1984-an amount equal to 20% of the additional
        value of the equipment.

''(6) Where, on or before relevant date A, the Minister gives an approval
under section 10 for the payment of bounty in respect of relevant equipment A,
the approval shall be taken to be approval for the payment by way of bounty of
an amount equal to 5% of the additional value of the equipment and, if, after
that date, sub-section (4) operates so that the bounty payable in respect of
the equipment is an amount equal to 25% of that value, the Minister shall
approve the payment of the balance of the bounty in respect of the equipment.

''(7) Where, after relevant date A, the Minister gives an approval under
section 10 for the payment of bounty in respect of relevant equipment B the
manufacture of which was completed before 23 May 1984 to a relevant
manufacturer A who has not given an undertaking referred to in paragraph (a)
of the definition of 'relevant manufacturer B' in sub-section (1), the
approval shall be taken to be approval for the payment by way of bounty of an
amount equal to 5% of the additional value of the equipment and, if,
subsequently, the manufacturer gives that undertaking and sub-section (5)
operates so that the bounty payable in respect of the equipment is an amount
equal to 25% of that value, the Minister shall approve the payment of the
balance of the bounty in respect of the equipment.

''(8) If the Minister becomes satisfied that a relevant manufacturer B has not
complied with the undertaking referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition
of 'relevant manufacturer B' in sub-section (1) given by the manufacturer and
declares, by writing signed by him, that he is so satisfied, bounty payable to
that manufacturer in respect of relevant equipment B after the making of the
declaration is the amount (if any) that, but for this section, would have been
payable under section 8.''.