Export Market Development Grants

Amendment Act 1990

No. 27 of 1990

An Act to amend the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974

[Assented to 24 May 1990]

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

Short title etc.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Export Market Development Grants Amendment Act 1990.

(2) In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Export Market Development Grants Act 19741.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting “or” from paragraph (c) of the definition of “grant year” in subsection (1);

(b) by adding at the end of the definition of “grant year” in subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

“or (e) the period commencing on 1 July 1990 and ending on 31 December 1990;”.

Persons not eligible for grants

4. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

“(5) Grants are not payable to a person in respect of expenditure incurred directly or indirectly in the export of the following films:

(a) a film which has been classified as an ‘X’ film or, which under guidelines for the classification of films, would be classified as an ‘X’ film; or

(b) a film which has been refused classification or, which under guidelines for the classification of films, would be refused classification.

“(6) In subsection (5):

(a) a ‘film’ means a cinematographic film, a slide, a video tape, a video disc or any other form of recording from which a visual image can be produced;

(b) a reference to the classification of a film is a reference to classification by the Film Censorship Board.”.

NOTE

1. No. 154; 1974, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 36 and 192, 1978; Nos. 74 and 119. 1981; No. 157, 1982: Nos. 65, 110 and 187, 1985; No. 168, 1986; No. 141, 1987; and No. 38. 1988.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

Senate on 9 May 1990

House of Representatives on 16 May 1990]