Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (METAL WORKING MACHINES AND ROBOTS) ACT 1985 No. 133 of 1985 - SECT 21

21. (1) A person who claims to be entitled to be paid an amount of bounty in
respect of bountiable equipment may lodge a claim for payment to the person of
the amount.

(2) A claim under sub-section (1) in respect of bountiable equipment shall -

   (a)  be in accordance with the appropriate approved form;

   (b)  include such information as is, and such estimates as are, required by
        the form;

   (c)  be signed and witnessed as required by the form; and

   (d)  be lodged with a Collector for a State or Territory, or with the
        Comptroller-General, within 12 months after the day on which the
        condition specified in sub-section 16 (5) or (6) or paragraph 16 (8)
        (e) or (f), as the case requires, was complied with in respect of the
        bountiable equipment.

(3) As soon as practicable after the lodgment of the claim, the
Comptroller-General shall, after examining the claim and causing such
inquiries as the Comptroller-General considers necessary to be made (including
inquiries under sections 32 and 33) -

   (a)  if the Comptroller-General is satisfied that the claim complies with
        sub-section (2) and that the claimant is, or, if certain estimates are
        correct, is, otherwise entitled to be paid an amount of bounty in
        respect of bountiable equipment to which the claim relates - approve,
        in writing, payment of the amount; or

   (b)  if the Comptroller-General is not so satisfied - refuse, in writing,
        to approve payment of bounty in respect of the equipment to which the
        claim relates.

(4) Where the Comptroller-General makes a decision under subsection (3) in
relation to a claim approving, or refusing to approve, payment of bounty, not
being a decision made within 30 days after the lodging of the claim and
approving payment of the amount of bounty claimed, the Comptroller-General
shall cause to be served on the person who lodged the claim, a notice in
writing setting out the decision.