SULPHURIC ACID BOUNTY.

No. 12 of 1957.

An Act to amend the Sulphuric Acid Bounty Act 1954.

[Assented to 23rd May, 1957.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Sulphuric Acid Bounty Act 1957.

(2.) The Sulphuric Acid Bounty Act 1954 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Sulphuric Acid Bounty Act 1954–1957.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Specification of bounty.

3.—(1.) Section six of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (b)and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(b) sold by the producer for delivery in Australia or used by the producer in the production in Australia of any commodity.”.

(2.) The amendment made by the last preceding sub-section does not apply in relation to sulphuric acid produced before the commencement of this Act.

Limit of annual bounty.

4.—(1.) Section nine of the Principal Act is repealed.

(2.) The repeal effected by the last preceding sub-section applies in relation to bounty in respect of sulphuric acid produced on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six.