Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1973

No. 57 of 1973

 

AN ACT

To amend the Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1966–1972, and for other purposes.

[Assented to 18 June 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1973.

(2) The Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1966–1972 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act 1966–1973.

Commencement.

2. (1) Section 10 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st January, 1973.

(2) The remaining provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 4th May, 1973.


Definitions.

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the definition of “Territory of the Commonwealth”; and

(b) by omitting from the definition of “the terminating date” the words “the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two,” and substituting the words “31st December, 1976,”.

4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:—

Specification of bounty.

“4. Subject to this Act, bounty is payable in respect of a tractor manufactured in Australia if, during the period that commenced on 4th May, 1973, and ends on the terminating date—

(a) the manufacture of the tractor is completed at registered premises; and

(b) the tractor is sold by the manufacturer for use in Australia or a Territory not forming part of Australia.”.

Rate of bounty.

5. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “power take-off horse power” and substituting the word “output”;

(b) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-section:—

“(2) Where the output in kilowatts of the engine of a tractor includes a fraction of a kilowatt, the fraction shall be disregarded for the purpose of the application of the Schedule in relation to the tractor.”; and

(c) by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-section (6) and substituting the following paragraph:—

“(b) a reference to the output of the engine of a tractor shall be read as a reference to the output of the engine of a tractor at the power take-off of the tractor as determined by the Comptroller-General”.

Additional bounty.

6. Section 6a of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:—

“(aa) the manufacture of which was completed on or before 31st December, 1972;

(b) that, on or after 1st July, 1970, was sold for use in Australia or in a Territory not forming part of Australia; and”.

Registration of premises.

7. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after sub-section (4) the following sub-section:—

“(4a) Where an applicant under this section was not engaged in manufacturing tractors at registered premises on 21st December,


1972, the Minister may refuse to register the premises to which his application relates unless, in the opinion of the Minister, the Prime Minister and the Minister of State for Secondary Industry, the registration of the premises would promote the orderly development of the manufacture of tractors in Australia.”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (5) the words “the last two preceding sub-sections” and substituting the words “sub-sections (3), (4) and (4a)

The Schedule.

8. The Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 substituted.

Formal amendments.

9. The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 2.

Extension of the application of the Agricultural Tractors Bounty Act.

10. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), the Principal Act extends, by force of this section, to a tractor the manufacture of which is completed during the period that commences on 1st January, 1973 and ends on 3rd May, 1973.

(2) In the application of the Principal Act to and in relation to a tractor referred to in sub-section (1) of this section—

(a) references in that Act to the terminating date shall be read as references to 3rd May, 1973; and

(b) section 6a shall be deemed to apply only to a tractor the manufacture of which was completed on or before 31st December, 1972.

 


SCHEDULE 1 Section 8

Schedule to be Inserted in the Principal Act.

SCHEDULE. Section 6

Output of engine of tractor

Bounty per tractor

Output of engine of tractor

Bounty per tractor

Output of engine of tractor

Bounty per tractor

 

 

 

 

 

 

kW

$

kW

$

kW

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.............

1,040

33............

1,220

51............

1,400

16.............

1,050

34............

1,230

52............

1,410

17.............

1,060

35............

1,240

53............

1,420

18.............

1,070

36............

1,250

54............

1,430

19.............

1,080

37............

1,260

55............

1,440

20.............

1,090

38............

1,270

56............

1,450

21.............

1,100

39............

1,280

57............

1,460

22.............

1,110

40............

1,290

58............

1,470

23.............

1,120

41............

1,300

59............

1,480

24.............

1,130

42............

1,310

60............

1,490

25.............

1,140

43............

1,320

61............

1,500

26.............

1,150

44............

1,330

62............

1,510

27.............

1,160

45............

1,340

63............

1,520

28.............

1,170

46............

1,350

64............

1,530

29.............

1,180

47............

1,360

65............

1,540

30.............

1,190

48............

1,370

66............

1,550

31.............

1,200

49............

1,380

67 and above.....

1,560

32.............

1,210

50............

1,390

 

 

SCHEDULE 2 Sections 9

Formal Amendments

1. The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting the words “of this Act”, “to this Act” and “of this section” (wherever occurring):—

Sections 3 (definitions of “authorized person”, “bounty” and “registered premises”), 6(1), 11(3) and (8)(c) and 15(3),

2. The Principal Act is further amended as set out in the following table:—

Provision

Amendment

Section 6a(1)(a).......

Omit “the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy,”, substitute “1st July, 1970,”.

Section 7............

Omit “the twenty-sixth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six,”, substitute “26th October, 1966,”.

Section 11(7).........

Omit “the twenty-sixth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six,”, substitute “26th October, 1966,”.