9Specification of bounty [see Note 2]

##### 9 Specification of bounty \[see Note 2\] (1) Bounty is payable in accordance with this Act on the production in Australia of bountiable equipment. (2) Bounty in respect of bountiable equipment is payable to the manufacturer, or the manufacturers, of the equipment. (3) A manufacturer is not entitled to receive a payment of bounty in respect of bountiable equipment unless: (a) all the processes in the manufacture of the equipment carried out in Australia by the manufacturer (if any) were carried out at registered premises; (b) the manufacture of the equipment was completed at registered premises; and (c) the manufacture of the equipment was completed during the bounty period. (4) For the purposes of this Act, when bounty is payable in respect of bountiable equipment, it shall be deemed to have become payable upon the completion of the last step in the manufacture of the equipment, whether or not the equipment is to be used in the manufacture of other bountiable equipment or of other equipment by the manufacturer or by another person. (5) Where: (a) bountiable equipment is manufactured pursuant to a contract to which the Department of Defence is a party; and (b) that contract: (i) for reasons of defence strategy, requires that equipment to be manufactured in Australia; and (ii) provides, by way of cost premium or otherwise, for the compensation of a manufacturer of the equipment for compliance with the requirement that that equipment is to be manufactured in Australia; bounty is not payable in respect of that equipment. (6) Bounty is not payable in respect of any bountiable equipment manufactured by the Commonwealth, by a State or by an authority of the Commonwealth or of a State (including an educational institution established by the Commonwealth or a State). (6A) Bounty is not payable in respect of bountiable equipment that the Comptroller is satisfied was, or will be, after 1 July 1990, exported, either directly or indirectly through another country or other countries, to New Zealand. (7) In this section, State includes the Northern Territory.