9Claims for payment of bounty

9 Claims for payment of bounty

(1) A person who claims to be entitled to be paid an amount of bounty may lodge a claim for payment of the amount. (2) A claim under subsection (1) in respect of the production of bountiable photographic film must: (a) be in accordance with the appropriate approved form; and (b) include such information as is 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 at any time after the production of that film is completed and before 1 April 1993. (3) As soon as practicable after the lodgment of the claim the CEO must, after examining the claim and causing such inquiries as the CEO considers necessary to be made (including inquiries involving the exercise of powers under sections 20 and 22): (a) if the CEO is satisfied that the claim complies with subsection (2) and that the claimant will, if the claimant does not cease to be a registered person before 1 January 1995, be entitled to be paid an amount of bounty on that day in respect of the photographic film to which the claim relates: (i) except where subparagraph (ii) applies—approve, in writing, payment of the amount on 1 January 1995 unless the claimant has earlier ceased to be a registered person; or (ii) where: (A) the amount is different from the amount for which the claim was made; and (B) the difference between those amounts is less than $200; and (C) the CEO is satisfied that the difference is not attributable to the person who made the claim deliberately overclaiming or underclaiming the amount of bounty; approve, in writing, payment of the amount claimed on 1 January 1995 unless the claimant has earlier ceased to be a registered person; or (b) in any other case—refuse, in writing, to approve payment of bounty in respect of the photographic film to which the claim relates. (4) Where the CEO makes a decision under subsection (3) in relation to a claim conditionally approving, or refusing to approve, payment of bounty, not being a decision conditionally approving the payment of the amount of bounty claimed that is made within 30 days after the lodging of the claim, the CEO must cause to be served on the person who lodged the claim a notice in writing setting out the decision.