1Cotton Bounty (Yarn) Regulations

STATUTORY RULES.

1926. No. 151.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COTTON BOUNTY ACT 1926.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulations under the Cotton Bounty Act 1926, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of October, 1926.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

THOS.W. CRAWFORD,

for Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Cotton Bounty (Yarn) Regulations.

Short title.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cotton Bounty (Yarn) Regulations.

Definitions.

2.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“Authorized person” means a person appointed in writing by the Minister for Trade and Customs to be an authorized person for the purposes of these Regulations;

“Bounty” means bounty under the Act;

“Collector” means Collector of Customs for the State;

“Factory” means premises specified in any notice of intention to claim bounty or claim for bounty given or made under the Act;

“Officer” means officer of Customs;

“The Act” means the Cotton Bounty Act 1926.

(2.) Any reference in these Regulations to a Form shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as a reference to a Form in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Notice of intention to claim bounty.

3.—(1.) Notice of intention to claim bounty under the Act shall be given to the Collector by the manufacturer at least thirty days before the claim for bounty is made.

(2.) If so requested by the manufacturer the Collector may accept a notice of intention to claim bounty as a continuing notice.

Form of notice of intention to claim bounty.

4. The notice of intention to claim bounty shall be in accordance with Form A.

Form of claim for bounty.

5. The claim for bounty shall be in accordance with the Form B and shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions thereof.

6. Any authorized person may, at all reasonable times, enter upon any factory or premises where there is manufactured or stored any cotton yarn in respect of which notice of intention to claim bounty has been given and may inspect the process of manufacture of that cotton yarn, and the accounts, books and documents of the manufacturer for the purposes of examination and audit and may, upon inspection and audit, make and take away extracts from those accounts, books and documents.