Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1981 No. 370 BOUNTY (PRINTED FABRICS) REGULATIONS - REG 6

6. (1) An application for bounty in respect of bountiable printed fabric-

   (a)  shall be in writing;

   (b)  shall be signed by, or on behalf of, the applicant in the presence of
        a witness;

   (c)  shall state the name and address of the witness and contain a
        declaration signed by the witness stating that the application was
        signed in the presence of the witness; and

   (d)  shall be delivered to the Collector for the State of Territory in
        which the process, or processes, in the printing of prescribed fabric
        was, or were, carried out or, if there is no such Collector, to the
        Comptroller-General-

        (i)    except where sub-paragraph (ii) applies-within 3 months after
               the relevant date in relation to the applicaton; or

        (ii)   where the Minister has consented to an extension of the period
               referred to in sub-paragraph (i) in relation to the
               application-within 12 months after the relevant date in
               relation to the application.

(2) The Minister shall not give, for the purposes of paragraph (1) (d), his
consent to an extension of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (1) (d) (i)
in relation to an application for bounty in respect of printed fabric unless-

   (a)  a request in writing for an extension of that period has (whether
        before or after the expiration of that period) been made by, or on
        behalf of, the applicant; and

   (b)  the application could not, or can not, reasonably be expected to have
        been made, or to be made, within the period specified in sub-paragraph
        (1) (d) (i).

(3) In paragraph (1) (d), "relevant date", in relation to an application for
bounty in respect of bountiable printed fabric, means-

   (a)  if the printed fabric was completed and delivered for use for the
        purposes of the Act before the date of commencement of these
        Regulations-that date; or

   (b)  if paragraph (a) does not apply in relation to the printed fabric-the
        date on which the printed fabric was completed and delivered for use
        for the purposes of the Act.