Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (METAL WORKING MACHINES AND ROBOTS) ACT 1985 No. 133 of 1985 - SECT 25

25. (1) Where the particulars of factory cost set out in a return under
section 24 in relation to an accounting period of a producer show a difference
between that cost and the factory cost, or an estimate of factory cost, on
which claims for bounty lodged during that period by the producer were based,
not being a cost determinded under section 12, the producer shall lodge with
the return a statement in respect of the difference.
Penalty for contravention of this sub-section: $1,000.

(2) The statement shall -

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

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

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

(3) Where a statement is lodged by a producer in relation to an accounting
period of the producer, the Comptroller-General shall, after examining the
statement and causing such inquiries as the Comptroller-General considers
necessary to be made (including inquires under sections 32 and 33) -

   (a)  if the Comptroller-General is satisfied that the statement complies
        with sub-section (2) and that the producer is entitled to be paid an
        additional amount of bounty in respect of the bountiable equipment for
        which claims for bounty were lodged during that period - approve, in
        writing, payment of the additional amount;

   (b)  if the Comptroller-General is satisfied that there has been an
        overpayment of bounty by more than $100 in respect of the
        bountiable equipment for which claims for bounty were lodged during
        that period - cause to be served on the producer a demand for the
        repayment of the amount of the overpayment, and the producer is liable
        to repay that amount to the Commonwealth; or

   (c)  if paragraph (a) or (b) do not apply - decline, in writing, to adjust
        payments of bounty made in respect of claims lodged by the producer
        during that period.

(4) Where the Comptroller-General makes a decision under sub-section (3) in
relation to a statement under sub-section (1), the Comptroller- General shall
cause to be served on the producer who lodged the statement a notice in
writing setting out the decision.