Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1981 No. 183 EXPORT EXPANSION GRANTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1

The Export Expansion Grants Regulations are amended by adding at the end
thereof the following regulation: Adjustment of export earnings increment as a
consequence of loss of export earnings

"7. (1) In this regulation, a reference to export earnings lost by a person is
a reference to export earnings in relation to which the Board is satisfied on
an application made in accordance with this regulation that that person, under
the terms of a firm contract entered into before 23 May 1980, would have had
in a grant year commencing on 1 July 1979 or 1980 but, as a consequence of the
operation of regulation 6B of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations,
did not have.

"(2) A person may make application to the Board in accordance with
sub-regulation (3) for the purposes of sub-regulation (1).

"(3) An application under sub-regulation (2) shall set out all material by
which the applicant seeks to prove the existence of the contract referred to
in sub-regulation (1).

"(4) For the purposes of sub-section 7 (1) of the Act, the export earnings
increments of persons in relation to a grant year commencing on 1 July 1979 or
1980 are to be calculated as if the export earnings of persons-

   (a)  where a person had export earnings in each of the 3 immediately
        preceding years-during those years;

   (b)  where a person had export earnings in only 2 of the 3 immediately
        preceding years-during those 2 years; or

   (c)  where a person had export earnings in only one of the 3 immediately
        preceding years-during that year, had been lower, than they actually
        were by-

   (d)  an amount calculated in the manner specified in sub-regulation (5); or

   (e)  an amount that is 1 dollar less than those export earnings, whichever
        is the lesser.



"(5) For the purposes of sub-regulation (4), the amount by which the export
earnings of a person are, under that sub-regulation, to be reduced is to be
calculated by ascertaining the amount of export earnings lost by that
person.".