STATUTORY RULES.

1915. No. 17.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE IRON BOUNTY ACT 1914.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Iron Bounty Act 1914 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations in come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this 18th day of February, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

FRANK G. TUDOR,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

PROVISIONAL IRON BOUNTY REGULATIONS.

Short Title.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Iron Bounty Regulations 1915.

Definitions.

2. 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 the Collector of Customs for the State;

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

“The Act.” means the Iron Bounty Act 1914.

Notice of Intention to Claim Bounty.

3. (1) Notice of intention to claim bounty upon any of the goods specified in the Schedule to 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 a manufacturer the Collector may accept a notice of intention to claim bounty as a continuing notice.

C.853.—Price 3d.

Form of Notice.

4. The notice of intention to claim bounty shall be in accordance with the following form:—

This form when filled in to be forwarded to the State Collector of Customs.

Commonwealth of Australia.

The Iron Bounty Act 1914.

Notice by manufacturer of intention to claim bounty.

State of

To the Collector of Customs.

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I hereby give notice that I intend to claim bounty in respect of Pig Iron manufactured and to be manufactured in my factory on and after the first day of July, 1914, and request that this be accepted as a continuing notice.

My factory is situate at

Signature of Manufacturer.

Address.

Date  19 

Witness

Transferee of Factory may Claim Bounty Without Fresh Notice.

5. (1) Where a manufacturer has given a continuing notice of intention to claim bounty in respect of goods manufactured at a factory, and the factory has subsequently become transferred to some other person, the transferee may claim bounty in respect of goods manufactured by him at the factory without a fresh notice of intention in claim bounty being necessary on his part.

(2) A factory shall be deemed to have become transferred where it has passed from one person to another person by act of parties or by operation of law.

Minimum Quantities.

6. A manufacturer shall not be entitled to claim bounty unless a minimum quantity of 1,000 tons of pig iron made from Australian ore has been produced in the factory after the commencement of the Act, and before the claim for bounty is made.

Powers of Authorized Person.

7. Any authorized person may, at all reasonable times, enter upon any factory where there are manufactured any goods in respect of which notice of intention to claim bounty has been given, and may inspect the process of manufacture of those goods and any books of the manufacturer for the purpose of ascertaining and reporting on the cost of production and manufacture of the goods.

Inspection of Process of Manufacture, etc.

8. Where notice of intention to claim bounty has been given in accordance with those regulations, the manufacturer giving the notice shall—

(a) allow any authorized person to have access of all reasonable times to the factory named in the notice, for the purpose of inspecting the process of manufacture of the goods;

(b) provide, when requested by an authorized person so to do, all reasonable facilities and assistance necessary to unable the authorized person to effectively inspect the process of manufacture of the goods;

(c) keep books showing clearly the cost of production and manufacture of all goods upon which bounty is intended to be claimed;

(d) produce such books for the inspection of any authorized person when required by him so to do; and

(e) supply such samples of the goods as the Collector requires.

Form of Claim for Bounty.

9. The claim for bounty shall be in accordance with the following form, and shall be dealt with as shown thereon:—

Commonwealth of Australia.

Departmental Registration Number.

This form when filled in to be forwarded to the State Collector.

Dr. to (a)

Financial year 19

State of

The Iron Bounty Act 1914.

Pursuant to Notice of Intention to claim, I hereby claim bounty in respect of Pig Iron manufactured by me, at my factory, after the thirtieth day of June 1914 and to the (b)              The particulars relating to the goods are as follow:—

Particulars.

Officer’s Certificate.

I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, after due inquiry, the particulars and statements declared to in the above claim for Bounty are true and correct for the purposes of the Iron Bounty Act 1914, and that the claimant is entitled to bounty on the goods specified in the claim.

Officer of Customs.

19 .

I certify that this account is correct within the meaning of Section 34 of the Audit Act 1901-1912.

Declaration to be Indorsed on Claim for Bounty.

I, of  , do hereby declare as follows:—

1. I am the manufacturer of the goods specified in this claim for bounty.

2. The goods were manufactured by me at the factory mentioned in the notice of intention to claim bounty given by

3. The description of the goods, and the particulars relating thereof, not out in this claim for bounty, are true and correct in every respect.

4. The whole of the goods specified in this claim for bounty are of good and merchantable quality.

5. None of the goods specified in this claim for bounty have been manufactured or supplied, or are intended to be supplied, under a contract containing a term or condition permitting or providing for the deduction of the amount of the bounty or any part thereof from the price or moneys payable for the goods to the manufacturers.

6. Nothing on my part has been done or omitted to be done, and to the best of my knowledge and belief nothing on the part of any other person has been done or omitted to be done, whereby my right to bounty in respect of the goods has been forfeited or taken away.

7. No other claim for bounty has been made nor has any bounty been paid in respect of the goods specified in this claim for bounty.

8. The rates of wages paid by me to employees, employed in my factory in the production of the goods, are as shown hereunder, and such rates are in no case below the rates declared by the President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation, under Section 11 (1) of the Act, to be fair and reasonable. (c)

(a) Insert name and full address.

(b) Here insert date of completion of manufacture of the pig iron in respect of which claim is made

(c) If no rates have been declared by the president, under Section 11 (1) for the Act, to be fair and reasonable, strike out all the words from “rates” to “reasonable” and insert “standard rates prescribed by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.”

(d) Where there are several employees of one class receiving the same rate of wages it will suffice to insert the number.

Signature of Manufacturer,

Declared before me at  this day of 19

Officer of Customs or J.P.

Order No. 1.

I hereby authorize the amount of this account to be paid to my account at the Bank of               at

Signature of Claimant.

Order No. 2.

I hereby direct that an Order authorizing the bearer thereof to receive the amount of this account be transmitted to me.

Signature of Claimant.

Address.

Directions.

If the Claimant is unable to attend in person at the Department, be may obtain payment by signing one of the above Orders.

By filling up and signing Order No. 1 he may direct the amount to be paid to his credit at any bank in the Commonwealth.

By signing Order No. 2 he may obtain an Order Form by registered post which, when signed by him, may be collected by bearer. This Order will be paid by the Department if the signature thereof agrees with the signature of Claimant on this account.

The Claimant may, if he prefer, issue an order in the form of Order No. 3 of the Treasury Regulations

Time within which Claim for Bounty is to be Made.

10. The claim for bounty shall be made within thirty days after completion of manufacture, or, with the written permission of the Collector, at regular monthly or quarterly intervals.

Pig Iron—Quantity Subject to Bounty.

11. For every 100 tons of pig iron manufactured, and run into sand beds, 98¼ tons shall be deemed to be subject to bounty.

Form of Bond.

12. The bond required by section 9 of the Act, to be given by the person claiming any bounty in respect of pig iron, may be in accordance with the following form:—

Commonwealth of Australia.

The Iron Bounty Act 1914.

Bond under Section 9.

Know all men by these presents that 1 (a)

of (b) in the State of (c)

in the Commonwealth of Australia (d)

am held and firmly bound to the Commonwealth of Australia in the sum of (e)  to be paid to the King

for the purposes of the said Commonwealth, for which payment I bind myself and my heirs executors administrators and assigns. Sealed with my seal. Dated the              day of              19

Whereas I am a person claiming bounty under the Iron Bounty Act 1914 in respect of pig iron manufactured at (f)              in the State of (g)              and whereas by section 9 of the said Act every person claiming bounty in respect of pig iron is required to give his bond to the Commonwealth as in that section mentioned: Now the condition of the above-written bond is such that if I or my heirs executors administrators or assigns transfer to the State in which the pig iron the subject of my claim for bounty was manufactured all lands buildings premises machinery plant and equipment of any kind used in or in connexion with the manufacture of the pig iron if so required by the Governor of the State within twelve months after the date of the expiry of the bounty with respect to pig iron, then this bond shall be void, but otherwise it shall remain in full force and virtue. The transfer referred to in the condition to this bond is a transfer in consideration of fair compensation for the property transferred to be assessed in case of dispute by the President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration whose determination shall be final and conclusive and without appeal.

(seal)

(a) Insert name in full

(b) Insert address

(c) Insert name of state.

(d) Insert Occupation

(e) Insert sum fixed by Ministry

(f) Insert name of place where pig iron manufactured

(g) Insert name of State

(h) Insert name in full of person giving bond

(i) Witness to sign here and insert his address and occupation

APPENDIX.

Note.—For the purpose of reference the Schedule to the Act and section 5 thereof are hereto appended.

Schedule to the Iron Bounty Act 1914.

Section 5 of the Iron Bounty Act provides that “the total amount of bounty authorized to be paid in respect of pig iron shall not exceed the amount set out in the third column of the Schedule.”

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