Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (METAL WORKING MACHINES AND ROBOTS) ACT 1985 No. 133 of 1985 - SECT 22

22. (1) Where a person who has lodged a claim under section 21 (whether or not
the claim has been dealt with under sub-section 21 (3) considers that the
claim was, by reason of an inadvertent error, a claim for an amount of bounty
in respect of bountiable equipment that was less than the amount of bounty
that the person was entitled to claim in respect of that equipment, the person
may lodge a claim for payment to the person of the difference between the 2
amounts.

(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) Where a claim under sub-section (1) relates to a claim under section 21
that has not been dealt with under sub-section 21 (3), the 2 claims shall be
dealt with under sub-section 21 (3) as if they were one claim under section 
21. 

(4) As soon as practicable after the lodgment of a claim under subsection (1)
to which sub-section (3) does not apply, 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 additional amount of
        bounty in respect of bountiable equipment to which the claim relates -
        approve, in writing, payment of the additional amount; or

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

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