Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Bounty (Two-Stroke Engines) Act 1984 No. 66 of 1984 - SECT 11

11. (1) Subject to this section, premises may be registered under this section
for the purposes of this Act.

(2) An application for the registration of premises under this section may be
made to the Minister, in writing, by a person who carries on, or proposes to
carry on, the manufacture of bountiable engines at those premises.

(3) Subject to sub-sections (6), (7) and (8), where an application for the
registration of premises is made under sub-section (2) by a person who, in the
opinion of the Minister, carries on, or proposes to carry on, the manufacture
of bountiable engines at those premises, the Minister shall-

   (a)  register those premises in the name of the applicant by causing a
        notice, in writing, stating that the premises have been so registered
        to be served, either personally or by post, on the applicant; or

   (b)  refuse to register those premises and cause a notice, in writing,
        stating that he has refused to register those premises to be served,
        either personally or by post, on the applicant.

(4) The registration of premises under this section has effect from the date
on which the notice under paragraph (3) (a), in relation to the premises, is
given, or such earlier date, not being a date earlier than 12 January 1984, as
is determined by the Minister and specified in that notice.

(5) The regulations may prescribe conditions to be complied with in connection
with the manufacture of bountiable engines at registered premises.

(6) If conditions have been prescribed under sub-section (5), the Minister
shall not register premises under this section unless he is satisfied that the
conditions have been, or will be, complied with in respect of those premises.

(7) The Minister may require an applicant for the registration of premises
under this section to furnish such information as the Minister considers
necessary for the purposes of this Act and may refuse to register the premises
until the information is furnished to his satisfaction.

(8) Where an applicant for the registration of premises under this section was
not, on 12 January 1984, engaged in the manufacture of bountiable engines at
those premises, the Minister shall refuse to register those premises unless,
in the opinion of the Minister, the registration of those premises will permit
the orderly development in Australia of the industry manufacturing
bountiable engines.

(9) Where-

   (a)  premises are registered under this section; and

   (b)  the person in whose name the premises are so registered and a person
        who carries on, or proposes to carry on, the manufacture of
        bountiable engines
at those premises (in this sub-section referred to as the ''transferee'') make
a joint application in writing to the Minister for the transfer of the
registration of the premises to the name of the transferee, the Minister shall
transfer the registration of those premises to the name of the tranferee by
causing a notice, in writing, stating that the registration has been so
transferred to be served, either personally or by post, on the transferee.

(10) A transfer under sub-section (9) has effect from such date as is
specified in the notice under that sub-section in relation to the transfer,
being a date after the commencement of the bounty period and not earlier than
6 months before the date on which the application for the transfer was made.

(11) Where the Minister becomes satisfied, in respect of premises registered
under this section-

   (a)  that bountiable engines are not being manufactured at those premises;

   (b)  that the manufacture of bountiable engines at those premises is being
        carried on by a person other than-

        (i)    the person in whose name the premises are registered; or

        (ii)   a person who has made an application under paragraph (9) (b) in
               relation to the premises; or

   (c)  if any conditions have been prescribed under sub-section (5), that
        bountiable engines are being manufactured at those premises otherwise
        than in accordance with those conditions, the Minister may cancel the
        registration of those premises by causing a notice, in writing,
        stating that he has cancelled the registration of those premises to be
        served, either personally or by post, on-

   (d)  the occupier of those premises; and

   (e)  if the occupier is not the person in whose name those premises are
        registered, on the person in whose name the premises are registered.

(12) For the purposes of the application of section 29 of the Acts 
Interpretation Act 1901 to the service on a person by post of a notice under
this section in relation to premises, such a notice posted as a letter
addressed to that person at the premises shall be deemed to be properly
addressed.