STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 328.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE APPLE BOUNTY ACT 1918.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Apple Bounty Act 1918 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eleventh day of December, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. MASSY GREENE,

for Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Apple Bounty Regulations 1918.

Short title.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Apple Bounty Regulations 1918.

Definitions.

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

“Bounty” means bounty under the Act;

“Collector” means the Collector of Customs for the State, and includes any principal Officer of Customs at any Customs Office;

“Grower” means the owner or occupier for the time being of an orchard whereon apples used for the production of evaporated apples sold to the Imperial Government are grown;

“The Act” means the Apple Bounty Act 1918;

“Vendor” means a person from whom evaporated apples are purchased by the Imperial Government.

Evaporated apples deemed to be sold.

3. Evaporated apples shall be deemed to have been sold to the Imperial Government if accepted for shipment by the Chief Prices Commissioner.

Claim for bounty.

4. The claim for bounty may be made by the grower on Form 9 of the Treasury Regulations, and shall show the following particulars:—

Situation of orchard.

Quantity of apples delivered.

Name of evaporator of apples.

Quantity of evaporated apples produced— lbs.

Market value upon which bounty claimed—7d. per lb.

Rate of bounty—10 per cent.

Declaration by grower.

5. The claim for bounty shall be accompanied by a declaration in the following terms:—

I,     , of       , do hereby declare as follows:—

1. The particulars contained in my claim for bounty dated the   day of                                            , 19               , are correct.

2. I am the grower of the apples from which the evaporated apples specified in the claim were produced.

3. The apples were grown by white labour only within the meaning of the Apple Bounty Act 1918.

4. The wages paid to persons, other than members of my family, employed by me in the growing of the apples specified in the claim, are as shown hereunder, and such wages were in no case below the standard rates of wages paid in this district for similar white labour engaged in the industry.

5. 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 evaporated apples has been forfeited or taken away.

6. No other claim for bounty has been made in respect of the goods specified in the claim.

Signature of grower.

Declared before me this    day of   , 19  .

Officer of Customs or J. P.

Certificate from vendor.

6. The claim for bounty must also be accompanied by a certificate from the vendor in accordance with the following form:—

Commonwealth of Australia.

Apple Bounty Act 1918.

Certificate by vendor of goods on which bounty is claimed under the said Act.

I,    , of       , hereby certify that on                                                                       day of                                                                       , 19               , I sold to the Imperial Government                                          lbs. of evaporated apples which were produced from apples grown by

Vendor.

Powers of authorized person.

7. Any person, thereto authorized in writing by the Minister, may, at all reasonable times, enter any orchard, premises, or factory where apples in respect of which bounty is claimed are grown or prepared, and may inspect any books, documents, or papers of the grower or vendor for the purpose of ascertaining the conditions of employment in the orchard, premises, or factory, the rates of wages paid, and the sources of supply of the apples, and whether the other conditions governing the payment of bounty are observed by the grower or vendor.

Proportion of bounty payable if amount available not sufficient to pay whole.

8. When the amount available to pay bounty as determined by the provisions of the Act is insufficient for the payment in full of all duly rendered claims as regards which the Minister is satisfied that the requirements of the Act and Regulations have been complied with, the bounty payable to each claimant shall be in the same ratio to his claim as the total sum available under the Act bears to the total claims.

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