1Bounties Act 1907

BOUNTIES.

No. 12 of 1907.

An Act to provide for the Payment of Bounties on the Production of certain Goods.

[Assented to 28th November, 1907.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Bounties Act 1907.

Appropriation for payment of bounties.

2. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, the sum of Three hundred and thirty-nine thousand pounds during the period of fifteen years commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seven, for the payment of bounties in accordance with this Act.

Specification of bounties.

3.—(1.) The bounties under this Act shall be payable on the production in Australia of the goods specified in the first column of the First Schedule.

Provided that, in the case of fish preserved as prescribed, the fish have been caught by white labour only in such waters and under such conditions as may be prescribed, and, in the case of other manufactured goods, the goods have been made from Australian products.

(2.) The bounties shall be payable to the growers or producers only of the goods or the materials of which they are made, and not to manufacturers.

Provided that, in the case of fish preserved as prescribed, and of fruit dried or candied, and of combed wool or tops, the manufacturer shall be deemed to be the producer, and the bounty shall be payable to the manufacturer only.

(3.) In order to entitle growers or producers to bounty the goods in respect of which the bounty is claimed must be grown or produced, and the claim for bounty must be made, within the periods specified in the second column of the First Schedule.

(4.) The bounties shall be payable at the rates specified in the third column of the First Schedule.

(5.) The maximum amounts of bounty which may be paid in any one year in respect of any goods specified in the First Schedule shall be as specified in the fourth column of the First Schedule. Provided that, where the maximum amount in respect of any item has not been paid in any year, the unpaid balance, or any part thereof, may be paid in respect of that item in any subsequent year, in addition to the maximum amount for that year.

(6.) The total amounts which may be expended under this Act in the payment of bounties from the commencement of this Act up to the several dates specified in the first column of the Second Schedule shall not exceed the amounts set opposite to those dates in the second column of that Schedule.