Bounty (Rotary Cultivators) Amendment Act 1980

No. 32 of 1980

An Act to amend the Bounty (Rotary Cultivators) Act 1979

[Assented to 8 May 1980]

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

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Bounty (Rotary Cultivators) Amendment Act 1980.

(2) The Bounty (Rotary Cultivators) Act 1979 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Periods during which bounty payable

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 Section 4 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

“4. The following periods are periods to which this Act applies:

(a) the period commencing on 5 February 1979 and ending on 4 February 1980;

(b) the period commencing on 5 February 1980 and ending on the coming into operation of the Bounty (Rotary Cultivators) Amendment Act 1980;

Rate of bounty

4. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section:

“(1) The rate at which bounty is payable in respect of a bountiable prime mover is—

(a) where the bounty in respect of that bountiable prime mover becomes payable in a period to which this Act applies referred to in paragraph 4 (a) or (b)—$40 per kilowatt of the power output of the prime mover’s engine; or

(b) where the bounty in respect of that bountiable prime mover becomes payable in the period to which this Act applies referred to in paragraph 4 (c)—$20 per kilowatt of the power output of the prime mover’s engine.”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) “The reference” and substituting “A reference”.

Limit of available bounty

5. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “a period to which this Act applies” and substituting “the period to which this Act applies referred to in paragraph 4(a)”;

(b) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

“(1a) The amount available for payment of bounty in respect of bountiable prime movers in respect of which bounty becomes payable during the period to which this Act applies referred to in paragraph 4 (b) is an amount that bears the same proportion to $60,000 as that period expressed in months bears to 12 months.”; and

(c) by inserting in sub-sections (2) and (3) “referred to in paragraph 4(a) or (b)” after “a period to which this Act applies” (wherever occurring).

Return for Parliament

6. Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “each period to which this Act applies in which bounty is payable” and substituting “the period to which this Act applies referred to in paragraph 4(a)”; and

(b) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

“(1a) The Comptroller-General shall, as soon as practicable after the end of the period to which this Act applies referred to in paragraph 4(c), furnish to the Minister a return, setting forth—

(a) the name and address of each person to whom bounty was paid in the period to which this Act applies referred to in paragraph 4(b) or in the period to which this Act applies referred to in paragraph 4(c);

(b) the amount of bounty paid to each person in those periods and the number of bountiable prime movers in respect of which the bounty was paid; and