{"id":"C1930L00105","name":"Cotton Industries Bounty Regulations","slug":"cotton-industries-bounty-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"105 of 1930","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21538,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1930L00105-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cotton Industries Bounty Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1930\\. No. 105\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE COTTON INDUSTRIES BOUNTY ACT 1930.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Cotton Industries Bounty Act 1930, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this twelfth day of September, 1930.\n\n(Sgd.) Stonehaven\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nMinister of State for Trade and Customs.\n\nCOTTON INDUSTRIES BOUNTY REGULATIONS.\n\nPart I.—Preliminary.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cotton Industries Bounty Regulations.\n\nParts.\n\n2. These Regulations are divided into Parts, as follows:—\n\n| Part | I. | —Preliminary. |\n| ---- | ---- | --------------- |\n| Part | II. | —Seed Cotton. |\n| Part | III. | —Cotton Yarn. |\n| Part | IV. | —Miscellaneous. |\n\nDefinitions.\n\n3.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“Authorized person” means a person appointed in writing by the Minister for Trade and Customs to be an authorized person for the purposes of these Regulations;\n\n“Bounty” means bounty under the Act;\n\n“Collector” means the Collector of Customs for a State;\n\n“Factory” means the premises specified in any notice of intention to claim bounty or claim for bounty given or made under the Act;\n\n“Officer” means officer of Customs;\n\n“The Act” means the Cotton Industries Bounty Act 1930, and, if that Act is subsequently amended, includes that Act as so amended.\n\n(2.) Any reference in these Regulations to a form shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as a reference to a form in the Schedule to these Regulations.\n\n \n\nPart II.—Seed Cotton.\n\nGrading of seed cotton.\n\n4.—(1.) For the purposes of this Act and these Regulations, seed cotton shall, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, be graded in accordance with the following scale:—\n\nGrades of Seed Cotton.\n\n| Grade. | Corresponding Universal Lint Standards. |\n| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------- |\n| Higher grades— | |\n| A..................... | Middling fair. |\n| | Strict good middling. |\n| | Good middling. |\n| B..................... | Good middling. |\n| | Strict middling. |\n| | Middling. |\n| C..................... | Middling. |\n| | Strict low middling. |\n| | Low middling. |\n| X..................... | Equivalent to good middling spot. |\n| XX.................... | Equivalent to middling spot. |\n| Lower grades— | |\n| D..................... | Low middling. |\n| | Strict good ordinary. |\n| | Good ordinary. |\n| XXX................... | Equivalent to good ordinary. |\n\n(2.) Each of the grades mentioned in preceding sub-regulation shall be further graded according to staple, as follows:—\n\nStaple I.—Being seed cotton one inch in length or less.\n\nStaple II.—Being seed cotton one full inch in length and not more than one and one-eighth inch in length.\n\nStaple III.—Being seed cotton one good inch and one-eighth of an inch or more in length.\n\nClaims for bounty.\n\n5. Claims for bounty on seed cotton shall be in accordance with Form A.\n\nAppointment of agents for paying bounty.\n\n6.—(1.) The Minister may, by writing under his hand, appoint an agent or agents for the purpose of paying the bounty on seed cotton to the growers.\n\n(2.) Notwithstanding the last preceding regulation, the claim by an agent in the State of Queensland for reimbursement of the bounty so paid shall be forwarded to the Collector and shall contain particulars of the name (in full) and postal address of each grower, the number of bags or bales and the net weight, grade and staple of the seed cotton, the rate of bounty, and the amount of bounty paid, and shall include signed certificates in accordance with Forms B, C and D.\n\nPart III.—Cotton Yarn.\n\nNotice of intention to claim bounty.\n\n7.—(1.) Notice of intention to claim bounty on cotton yarn shall be given to the Collector by the manufacturer not less than thirty days before the claim for bounty is made.\n\n(2.) If so requested by the manufacturer, the Collector may accept a notice of intention to claim bounty on cotton yarn as a continuing notice.\n\nForm of notice of intention to claim bounty.\n\n8. The notice of intention to claim bounty on cotton yarn shall be in accordance with Form E.\n\nForm of claim for bounty.\n\n9. The claim for bounty on cotton yarn shall be in accordance with Form F, and shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions thereof.\n\nMinimum quantity.\n\n10. The minimum quantity of cotton yarn to be manufactured to entitle the manufacturer to claim the bounty shall be ten thousand pounds avoirdupois.\n\nPeriod for claims.\n\n11. Any claim for bounty on cotton yarn manufactured in a factory before the date of these Regulations shall be made within thirty days after the commencement of these Regulations, and thereafter claims shall be made in respect of the cotton yarn manufactured during each calendar month.\n\nPart IV.—Miscellaneous.\n\nInspection of manufacture, and accounts, &c.\n\n12. Any authorized person may, at all reasonable times, enter upon any factory or premises where there is manufactured or stored any seed cotton, lint or cotton yarn in respect of which bounty has been claimed or paid, and may inspect the process of manufacture of that seed cotton, lint or cotton yarn, and the accounts, books and documents of the manufacturer for the purpose of examination and audit and may, upon inspection and audit, make and take away extracts from those accounts, books and documents.\n\nClaimants to allow access to factory, books, &c.\n\n13. Claimants for bounty on seed cotton or lint, or the organization, if any, representing such claimants, and claimants for bounty on cotton yarn shall—\n\n(a) allow any authorized person to have access at all reasonable times to any factory or premises for the purpose of inspecting the process of manufacture of the seed cotton, lint or cotton yarn;\n\n(b) provide, when so requested by an authorized person, all reasonable facilities and assistance effectively to inspect the process of manufacture of seed cotton, lint or cotton yarn;\n\n(c) produce, when so required by an authorized person, any accounts, books and documents relating to the seed cotton, lint or cotton yarn for examination and audit by the authorized person; and\n\n(d) supply such samples of the seed cotton, lint or cotton yarn as the Collector requires.\n\nProgress payments in certain cases.\n\n14.—(1.) If at any time during any financial year the Minister considers that the amount available under the Act for bounty on seed cotton, lint or cotton yarn for that year may be insufficient to pay in full all valid claims for bounty expected to be received during that year, the Minister may approve of progress payments being made on each claim at such proportion of the full rates of bounty in respect of that year as he determines.\n\n(2.) At the end of that financial year, additional payments shall be made to each applicant in respect of all short-paid claims for that year to the extent, if any, of the amount of bounty available for that year, together with any unpaid balance, or any part thereof, remaining available from any previous financial year.\n\n(3.) Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation, the rate of bounty at which payments are made under this regulation in any financial year in respect of seed cotton, lint or any count of cotton yarn shall be the same to each applicant for bounty on that seed cotton, lint or count of cotton yarn, as the case may be.\n\nTHE SCHEDULE.\n\nReg. 5. Form A.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nCotton Industries Bounty Act 1930.\n\nCLAIM FOR BOUNTY ON SEED COTTON.\n\nI, \\[name in full\\] of \\[address in full\\] hereby claim bounty on the net weight of Australian seed cotton grown by me and delivered during the year ending 31st December, 19...... to the \\[insert name\\] Ginnery, in accordance with the provisions of the Cotton Industries Bounty Act 1930, and the Regulations thereunder.\n\n(Signature)......................Grower.\n\nDate.....................\n\nReg. 6. Form B.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nCotton Industries Bounty Act 1930.\n\nCUSTOMS WEIGHER’S CERTIFICATE.\n\nI,..............................., Customs Weigher, do hereby certify that the above net weights of seed cotton were delivered at the ginnery, and that none of the cotton mentioned above has been recorded on any other Receival Sheet.\n\n...................\n\nDate / /19 .\n\nReg. 6. Form C.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nCotton Industries Bounty Act 1930.\n\nGRADER’S CERTIFICATE.\n\nI,......................, Queensland Government Cotton Grader, do hereby certify that the above seed cotton has been correctly graded and stapled in accordance with the Cotton Industries Bounty Regulations, and that the particulars of grades and staples shown in this Receival Sheet for each consignment are true and correct.\n\n...................\n\nDate / /19 .\n\nReg. 6. Form D.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nCotton Industries Bounty Act 1930.\n\nGENERAL MANAGER’S CERTIFICATE.\n\nI,......................General Manager, Queensland Cotton Board, do hereby declare that the above is a correct return of all seed cotton received at the Ginnery during the period specified; that the staples, grades and net weights are in accordance with the particulars furnished by the responsible officers; that the several amounts of bounty shown herein have been paid to the respective growers entitled thereto and have not been previously paid in respect of any cotton recorded in this return; and that nothing on my part has been done or omitted to be done, and to the best of my knowledge and belief nothing on the part of any other person has been done or omitted to be done, whereby the right of the Queensland Cotton Board to reimbursement of bounty payments to growers in respect of the abovementioned seed cotton has been forfeited or taken away.\n\n(Signature)...................\n\nGeneral Manager,\n\nQueensland Cotton Board.\n\nDeclared before me at.............this.........day of............19 .\n\n.................Officer of Customs or J. P.\n\nDate / /19 .\n\nReg. 8. Form E.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nCotton Industries Bounty Act 1930.\n\nNOTICE BY MANUFACTURER OF INTENTION TO CLAIM BOUNTY ON COTTON YARN.\n\nState of................\n\nTo the Collector of Customs.\n\nI hereby give notice that I intend to claim bounty in respect of cotton yarn manufactured on or after the day of , 19...... , at the factory situated at the undermentioned address \\* and request that this be accepted as a continuing notice.\\*\n\nSignature of Manufacturer............\n\nAddress........................\n\nDate..........................\n\nWitness.......................\n\nNote.—The words between asterisks may be omitted if desired. \n\nReg. 9. Form F.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nCotton Industries Bounty Act 1930.\n\n| CLAIM FOR BOUNTY ON COTTON YARN. | Departmental Registration Number. | Departmental Consecutive Number. |\n| -------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |\n\n(a) Insert name and full address.\n\nDr. to (a).....................\n\nFinancial year 19............... State of.............\n\nPursuant to notice of intention to claim, I hereby claim bounty in respect of cotton yarn manufactured by me at, and delivered from my factory situated at during the month of 19\n\nThe particulars relating to goods are as follows:—\n\nParticulars.\n\n```html\n

Count of Yarn.

Weight.

Percentage of Australian Grown Cotton.

Rate of Bounty (per Count per lb.)

Amount of Bounty Claimed.

lb.

%.

d.

£

s.

d.

Total pounds

shillings pence

Signature of Manufacturer.

\n```\n\nOfficer’s Certificate.\n\nI certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief after due inquiry, the particulars and statements declared to in the above claim for bounty are true and correct for the purposes of the Cotton Industries Bounty Act 1930, and that the claimant is entitled to bounty on the cotton yarn specified in the claim.\n\n...................Officer of Customs.\n\n/ /19 .\n\nI certify that this account is correct within the meaning of section 34 of the Audit Act 1901-1926.\n\n...................Certifying Officer.\n\n/ /19 .\n\nReceived on the............. 19.....,..........................from.the sum of pounds shillings pence in full payment of the above account.\n\nSignature..........................\n\nWitness to payment...................\n\n(Declaration to be endorsed on Claim for Bounty.)\n\nI.......................of....................................do hereby declare as follows:—\n\n1\\. I am the manufacturer of the cotton yarn specified in this claim for bounty.\n\n2\\. The cotton yarn was manufactured at the factory mentioned in this claim for bounty.\n\n3\\. The description of the cotton yarn, and particulars relating thereto, set out in this claim for bounty are true and correct in every respect.\n\n4\\. The whole of the cotton yarn specified in this claim for bounty—\n\n(a) has been manufactured in Australia; and\n\n(b) is of good and merchantable quality.\n\n5\\. Nothing on my part has been done or omitted to be done, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, nothing on the part of any other person has been done or omitted to be done, whereby my right to bounty in respect of the cotton yarns specified in this claim for bounty has been forfeited or taken away.\n\n6\\. No other claim for bounty has been made, nor has any bounty been paid, in respect of the cotton yarn specified in this claim for bounty.\n\n7\\. The particulars set out hereunder as to persons employed in the factory in the manufacture of cotton yarn, the hours worked by and the rates of wages paid to them, &c., are true and correct.\n\n8\\. The said rates and the conditions of employment are in accordance with (c).\n\n(c) Here insert a general reference to the Commonwealth or State enactment, award or determination under which employees are working or such agreement or other arrangement between the manufacturer of the cotton yarn and the employees engaged in the industry.\n\n```html\n

Employees.

Hours of Labour per week.

Rate of wages paid (per hour or per week).

Remarks.

Name or Number (d).

Occupation.

\n```\n\nDeclared before me at..............................\n\n(d) Where there are several employees of one class receiving the same rate of wages, it will suffice to insert the number.\n\n..............................Signature of Manufacturer.\n\nThis.............day of...............................19..\n\n..............................Officer of Customs or J.P.\n\n/ /19 .\n\nCotton Industries Bounty Act 1930.\n\nNote.—For the purpose of reference to Statutory Rules 1930, No. , the Schedules to the Act are hereto appended:—\n\nTHE FIRST SCHEDULE.\n\nRates of Bounty Payable on Seed Cotton.\n\n```html\n

Periods.

Rates of Bounty per Pound.

Higher Grades.

Lower Grades.

Until 30th September, 1932...........................

pence

1½

pence

¾

Year ending 30th September, 1933......................

1¼

⅝

Year ending 30th September, 1934......................

1

½

Year ending 30th September, 1935......................

¾

⅜

Year ending 30th September, 1936......................

½

¼

\n```\n\nTHE SECOND SCHEDULE.\n\nRates of Bounty Payable on Cotton Yarn.\n\n```html\n

Count.

Rates of Bounty per Pound.

Until 30th September, 1932.

Year ended 30th September, 1933.

Year ended 30th September, 1934.

Year ended 30th September, 1935.

Year ended 30th September, 1936.

pence

pence

pence

pence

pence

No. 1.............

6-18ths

5-18ths

4-18ths

3-18ths

2-18ths

No. 2.............

12-18ths

10-18ths

8-18ths

6-18ths

4-18ths

No. 3.............

1

15-18ths

12-18ths

9-18ths

6-18ths

No. 4.............

1 6-18ths

1 2-18ths

16-18ths

12-18ths

8-18ths

No. 5.............

1 12-18ths

1 7-18ths

1 2-18ths

15-18ths

10-18ths

No. 6.............

2

1 12-18ths

1 6-18ths

1

12-18ths

No. 7.............

2 6-18ths

1 17-18ths

1 10-18ths

1 3-18ths

14-18ths

No. 8.............

2 12-18ths

2 4-18ths

1 14-18ths

1 6-18ths

16-18ths

No. 9.............

3

2 9-18ths

2

1 9-18ths

1

No. 10............

3 6-18ths

2 14-18ths

2 4-18ths

1 12-18ths

1 2-18ths

No. 11............

3 12-18ths

3 1-18th

2 8-18ths

1 15-18ths

1 4-18ths

No. 12............

4

3 6-18ths

2 12-18ths

2

1 6-18ths

No. 13............

4 6-18ths

3 11-18ths

2 16-18ths

2 3-18ths

1 8-18ths

No. 14............

4 12-18ths

3 16-18ths

3 2-18ths

2 6-18ths

1 10-18ths

No. 15............

5

4 3-18ths

3 6-18ths

2 9-18ths

1 12-18ths

No. 16............

5 6-18ths

4 8-18ths

3 10-18ths

2 12-18ths

1 14-18ths

No. 17............

5 12-18ths

4 13-18ths

3 14-18ths

2 15-18ths

1 16-18ths

No. 18............

6

5

4

3

2

No. 19............

6 6-18ths

5 5-18ths

4 4-18ths

3 3-18ths

2 2-18ths

No. 20............

6 12-18ths

5 10-18ths

4 8-18ths

3 6-18ths

2 4-18ths

No. 21............

7

5 15-18ths

4 12-18ths

3 9-18ths

2 6-18ths

No. 22............

7 6-18ths

6 2-18ths

4 16-18ths

3 12-18ths

2 8-18ths

No. 23............

7 12-18ths

6 7-18ths

5 2-18ths

3 15-18ths

2 10-18ths

No. 24............

8

6 12-18ths

5 6-18ths

4

2 12-18ths

No. 25............

8 6-18ths

6 17-18ths

5 10-18ths

4 3-18ths

2 14-18ths

No. 26............

8 12-18ths

7 4-18ths

5 14-18ths

4 6-18ths

2 16-18ths

No. 27............

9

7 9-18ths

6

4 9-18ths

3

No. 28............

9 6-18ths

7 14-18ths

6 4-18ths

4 12-18ths

3 2-18ths

No. 29............

9 12-18ths

8 1-18th

6 8-18ths

4 15-18ths

3 4-18ths

No. 30............

10

8 6-18ths

6 12-18ths

5

3 6-18ths

No. 31 and up to and including No. 35

10½

8¾

7

5¼

3½

No. 36 and up to and including No. 40

11

9 3-18ths

7 6-18ths

5 9-18ths

3 12-18ths

No. 41 or any higher count

12

10

8

6

4

\n```\n\n“Count No. 1” means a single yarn one pound of which measures 840 yards, and any count higher than Count No. 1 means a single yarn one pound of which measures the number of yards obtained by multiplying 840 yards by the number of the count.\n\nBy Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Regulations do not alter the Act's substantive scope; they implement it by specifying procedures, definitions, grading, rates, forms and enforcement/administration arrangements (see Parts II–IV and the Schedules)."},"complexity_factors":["Technical grading and staple classifications for seed cotton (reg 4) increase precision and administrative burden.","Extensive, year-by-year numeric bounty schedules for seed cotton and yarn counts in the First and Second Schedules require careful calculation and record-keeping.","Numerous prescribed forms and multi-party certificates (Forms A–F; regs 5,6,8,9 and Schedule) create documentary compliance obligations and potential points of error.","Ministerial and administrative discretions: appointment of paying agents (reg 6(1)) and power to approve progress/pro‑rata payments when funds may be insufficient (reg 14) concentrate decision-making.","Inspection, audit and sample-taking powers (reg 12) and claimant duties to provide access, assistance and documents (reg 13) create compliance and operational costs for factories and growers.","Procedural timing rules — advance notice of intention to claim, monthly or specified-period claims, minimum quantity threshold (regs 7,9–11) — add scheduling constraints for manufacturers.","Special reimbursement process for Queensland agents (reg 6(2)) adds jurisdictional procedural variation."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations implement the Cotton Industries Bounty Act 1930 by prescribing how bounties are claimed and paid: they set grading and staple rules for seed cotton, define yarn counts, fix bounty-rate schedules, and lay down required notices, claim forms and certification. They also authorise inspections and audits. \n\nThey affect cotton growers and yarn manufacturers (who receive payments and must comply with grading, certificates and reporting) and the Minister/Collectors who administer payments, appoint agents and may authorise pro‑rata progress payments (regs 4,5–11,12–14 and Schedules)."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2127},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1930 regulations made under the Cotton Industries Bounty Act 1930. The scope remains tightly focused on administering the bounty payment system for seed cotton and cotton yarn, consistent with the enabling Act's purpose. No provisions suggest expansion beyond the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["Dual-stream administration covering agricultural production (seed cotton) and manufacturing (cotton yarn) with distinct rules, forms, and agents for each stream","Detailed commodity grading matrix with 7 quality grades and 3 staple lengths cross-referenced to international lint standards","Comprehensive bounty rate tables spanning 6 financial years (1930-1936) with differential rates for higher/lower grade cotton and 40+ yarn count categories","Six mandatory statutory forms (A-F) requiring multiple certifications from weighers, graders, general managers, Justices of the Peace, and Customs Officers","Cross-references to the enabling Act, Audit Act 1901-1926, and industrial award compliance requirements","Complex fractional currency calculations (bounties calculated in 18ths of a penny per pound)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation creates the administrative system for paying Cotton Industries Bounties under the 1930 Act, covering seed-cotton growers (notably Queensland) and yarn manufacturers who meet production thresholds. It sets quality grading, claim forms and notice/record requirements, declining annual bounty rates through 1936, and inspection, declaration and anti-fraud powers for officials, plus provisions for partial payments if appropriations run low. Its purpose: subsidise and protect Australia’s cotton industry during the Depression while phasing out support."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/cotton-industries-bounty-regulations","history":"/api/acts/cotton-industries-bounty-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/cotton-industries-bounty-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/cotton-industries-bounty-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/cotton-industries-bounty-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/cotton-industries-bounty-regulations/documents"}}