19Registration of persons

#### 19 Registration of persons (1) Subject to this section, a person may be registered under this section for the purposes of this Act. (2) An application for registration under this section may be made to the CEO, in accordance with the appropriate approved form, by a person who: (a) carries out, or proposes to carry out, the printing of bountiable books at premises in Australia that are used solely or principally for industrial or commercial purposes; or (b) publishes, or proposes to publish, bountiable books so printed. (3) Subject to subsections (7), (9), (10) and (11), where an application for registration is made under subsection (2) by a person (in this subsection referred to as the applicant) who, in the opinion of the CEO, is entitled under subsection (2) to make such an application, the CEO shall: (a) register the applicant for the purposes of this Act by: (i) signing a notice, in writing, specifying the day on which it was signed and stating that the applicant has been registered for the purposes of this Act; and (ii) causing the notice to be served on the applicant; or (b) refuse to register the applicant for the purposes of this Act and cause a notice, in writing, stating that the CEO has refused to register the applicant for those purposes to be served on the applicant. (4) The registration of a person under this section has effect from and including: (a) the day on which the notice under paragraph (3)(a) in relation to the person is signed; or (b) such earlier day, not being a day earlier than the first day of the bounty period, as is specified for the purpose in the notice. (5) A notice under subsection (3) in relation to a person shall specify whether the person is registered under this section in relation to: (a) all bountiable books; or (b) a specified class, or specified classes, of bountiable books; and may specify a period as the period during which the person is registered under this section. (6) The regulations may prescribe conditions to be met by an applicant for registration under this section, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a condition requiring the applicant to be a person included in a specified class of persons. (7) If conditions have been prescribed for the purposes of subsection (6), the CEO shall not register the person under this section unless: (a) the CEO is satisfied that the conditions are, or will be, met by the person; or (b) registration of the person is otherwise permitted under the regulations. (8) The regulations may prescribe conditions to be complied with in connection with the production of bountiable books or bountiable books of a particular kind by, or arranged for by, a person registered under this section. (9) If conditions have been prescribed for the purposes of subsection (8), the CEO shall not register a person under this section unless: (a) the CEO is satisfied that the conditions have been, or will be, complied with by the person; or (b) registration of the person is otherwise permitted under the regulations. (10) The CEO may require an applicant for registration under this section to give such information as the CEO considers necessary for the purposes of this Act and may refuse to register the person until the information is given to the satisfaction of the CEO. (12) Where, at any time, the CEO becomes satisfied, in respect of a person registered under this section: (a) that the person no longer carries out the printing in Australia of bountiable books or publishes bountiable books so printed; (b) in a case where the person is registered in relation to a class of bountiable books—that the person does not carry out the printing of bountiable books included in that class at premises in Australia or publish such bountiable books so printed; or (c) in a case where conditions have been prescribed for the purposes of subsection (6) or (8)—that, if the person were, at that time, an applicant for registration under this section, the CEO would not be authorised to register the person under this section; the CEO may cancel the registration of the person by causing a notice, in writing, stating that the registration of the person has been cancelled to be served on the person.