Raw Cotton Bounty

No. 3 of 1965

An Act relating to the Bounty on the Production of certain Raw Cotton sold for use in Australia.

[Assented to 12 April, 1965]

[Date of commencement, 10 May, 1965]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Raw Cotton Bounty Act 1965.

(2.) The Raw Cotton Bounty Act 1963 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Raw Cotton Bounty Act 1963-1965.

Definitions.

2. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after the definition of “grower” the following definition:—

“‘period to which this Act applies’ means—

(a) the year that commenced on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four;

(b) the period commencing on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, and ending on the twenty-eighth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six;

(c) the year commencing on the first day of March, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six; or

(d) each of the two years next succeeding that year;”; and

(b) by omitting the definition of “year”.

Specification by bounty.

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (c) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(c) in a period to which this Act applies, sold by the processor for use in Australia.”.

Rate of bounty.

4.—(1.) Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) the word “year” and inserting in its stead the words “period to which this Act applies”.

(2.) The notice published in the Gazette on the fourth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, under section 7 of the Principal Act shall be read as though there were substituted for the words “year commencing on the first day of January, 1965, and ending on the thirty-first day of December, 1965” the words “period commencing on the first day of January, 1965, and ending on the twenty-eighth day of February, 1966”.

Limit of available bounty.

5. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “year in which bounty is payable” and inserting in their stead the words “period to which this Act applies”.

Accounts, &c.

6. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “year in which bounty is payable” and inserting in their stead the words “period to which this Act applies”.

Return for Parliament.

7. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “year in which bounty is paid” and inserting in their stead the words “period to which this Act applies”.