STATUTORY RULES.

1954. No. 3.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE FLAX FIBRE BOUNTY ACT 1954.*

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 Flax Fibre Bounty Act 1954.

Dated this tenth

day of January , 1954.

W.J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Flax Fibre Bounty Regulations.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Flax Fibre Bounty Regulations.

Interpretation.

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

"authorized agent" means a person appointed in pursuance of regulation 3 of these Regulations to be an authorized agent for the purposes of these Regulations;

"quarter" means the period of three months which commences on the first day of November, the first day of February, the first day of May or the first day of August in each of the
years to which the Act applies;

"the Act" means the Flax Fibre Bounty Act 1954.

(2.) In these Regulations, a reference to a form by number shall be read as a reference to the form so numbered in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Authorized agents.

3.—(1.) A producer may appoint a person to be his authorized agent for the purposes of executing on his behalf a notice, declaration, certificate or document which the producer is required to execute by, or for the purposes of, the Act or these Regulations.

(2.) An authorized agent may execute on behalf of the producer such a notice, declaration, certificate or document.

(3.) Where a notice, declaration, certificate or document has been executed by an authorized agent, the producer is subject to the same liabilities and penalties as if he had executed the notice, declaration, certificate or document.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1954.

5394.—Price 3d. 9/25.11.1954.

(4.) The appointment of an authorized agent shall be in accordance with Form 1 and shall be—

(a) signed by the producer in the presence of a witness; and

(b) lodged by the producer with the Collector for the State in which the producer produces flax fibre.

Application for bounty.

4.—(1.) An application for bounty on flax fibre shall be lodged with the Collector for the State in which the flax fibre was produced not later than sixty days after the expiration of the quarter in which the flax fibre was sold by the producer for delivery in Australia.

(2.) An application for bounty shall contain particulars of flax fibre produced in the quarter in respect of which the application is lodged, in addition to the particulars of the flax fibre sold for delivery in Australia in the quarter.

(3.) An application for bounty shall be accompanied by a declaration signed in the presence of a witness.

(4.) An application for bounty and the accompanying declaration shall be in accordance with Form 2.

THE SCHEDULE.

Form 1. Regulation 3.

Commonwealth of Australia.

Flax Fibre Bounty Act 1954.

APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORIZED AGENT.

(a) Insert name and address of producer. (b) Insert name, address and description of authorized agent.

To the Collector of Customs for the State of

I, (a) , hereby appoint (b) a specimen of whose signature appears hereunder, to be my authorized agent for the purposes of the Flaw Fibre Bounty Act 1954 and the regulations made thereunder.

Dated at this day of , 19 .

(c)

(d)

(e)

Form 2.

Regulation 4.

Commonwealth of Australia.

Flax Fibre Bounty Act 1954.

APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY.

(a) Insert name and address of producer.

To the Collector of Customs for the State of

I, (a) , hereby apply for bounty in respect of flax fibre

(b) Insert address of factory.

produced by me in a factory situated at (b) on or after the first day of November, 1954, and sold for delivery in Australia during the quarter which commenced on the first day of , 19 .

The particulars relating to the flax fibre produced in the quarter and the flax fibre for which bounty is applied for are as follows:—

Pounds Weight of Flax Fibre Produced in the Quarter.	Pounds Weight of Flax Fibre Sold in the Quarter.	Date of Sale.	Rate of Bounty.	Amount of Bounty Claimed.

			Total

Declaration.

I, (c) hereby declare—

(d) Insert "producer" or "authorized agent of the producer" whichever is applicable.

1. That I am the (d) of the flax fibre specified in the
foregoing application for bounty.

2. That the flax fibre was produced in premises registered by the Minister for Trade and Customs as a factory under the Flax Fibre Bounty Act 1954.

3. That the particulars relating to the flax fibre set out in the foregoing application for bounty are true and correct in every particular.

4. That the whole of the flax fibre for which bounty is applied for in the foregoing application for bounty is of good and merchantable quality.

5. That the whole of the flax fibre specified in the foregoing application for bounty was produced at the factory specified in the application on or after the first day of November, 1954, from flax plants grown in Australia.

6. That the flax fibre for which bounty is applied for in the foregoing application for bounty was sold by the producer for delivery in Australia.

7. That 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 the right of the producer to bounty has been forfeited or taken away.

8. That to the best of my knowledge and belief, no other application for bounty has been made, nor has any bounty been paid, in respect of the flax fibre for which bounty is applied for in the foregoing application for bounty.

Declared at this day of , 19 .

(e) Signature of person declaring.

(e)

(f) Signature of witness.

(f)

(g) Occupation and address of witness.

(g)

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