Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Bounty (Steel Products) Act 1983 No. 11 of 1983 - SECT 9

9. (1) An advance on account of bounty may be made to a person on such terms
and conditions as are approved by the Minister.

(2) If, at the expiration of a year, a person has received an amount, by way
of advances on account of bounty that may become payable to him during that
year, greater than the amount of bounty that became payable to him during that
year, he is liable to pay to the Commonwealth the amount of the excess.

(3) If a person receives, by way of advance on account of bounty in respect of
a particular product, an amount greater than the amount of bounty payable to
him in respect of that product, he is liable to pay to the Commonwealth the
amount of the excess.

(4) If a person receives an amount by way of advances on account of bounty
that may become payable to him and the bounty does not become payable to him
he is liable to pay to the Commonwealth the amount so received.

(5) Where a person is liable to pay an amount to the Commonwealth under this
section, the Commonwealth may recover that amount as a debt due to the
Commonwealth by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(6) Where a person is liable to pay an amount to the Commonwealth under this
section, the amount may be deducted from any other amount that is payable to
the person under this Act and, where an amount is so deducted, the other
amount shall, notwithstanding the deduction, be deemed to have been paid in
full to the person.