13Variation of excessive claim

13 Variation of excessive claim

(1) Where a person who has lodged a claim under section 9 (whether or not the claim has been dealt with under subsection 9(3)) subsequently knows that the claim is or was for an amount of bounty in respect of the production of bountiable photographic film that exceeds the amount of bounty that the person is or was entitled to claim in respect of that production by more than $200, the person must, within 28 days after discovering the excess, lodge an acknowledgment of the excess, being an acknowledgment that complies with subsection (2).

Penalty: $3,000.

(2) An acknowledgment under subsection (1) shall: (a) be in accordance with the appropriate approved form; and (b) include such information as is, and such estimates as are, required by the form; and (c) be signed and witnessed as required by section 15; and (d) be lodged with a Collector for a State or Territory or with the CEO. (3) Where an acknowledgment under subsection (1) relates to a claim under section 9 that has not been dealt with under subsection 9(3), the claim shall be dealt with under that subsection as if it had been amended in accordance with the acknowledgment. (4) Where the CEO, after examining an acknowledgment under subsection (1) that has been dealt with under subsection 9(3) and causing such inquiries as the CEO considers necessary to be made (including inquiries involving the exercise of powers under sections 20 and 22), is satisfied that there has been an overpayment of bounty under a claim, or of an advance on account of bounty under a claim, by more than $200, the CEO shall cause to be served on the person who lodged the claim a demand for the repayment of the amount of the overpayment, and that person is liable to repay that amount to the Commonwealth.