Bounty (Polyester-Cotton Yarn) Amendment Act 1981

No. 17 of 1981

An Act to amend the Bounty (Polyester-Cotton Yarn) Act 1978, and for related purposes

[Assented to 25 March 1981]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Bounty (Polyester-Cotton Yarn) Amendment Act 1981.

(2) The Bounty (Polyester-Cotton Yarn) Act 1978ˡ is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 5 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 8 May 1980.

Periods to which Act applies

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) “and” ; and

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following word and paragraph:

“; and (e) the period of 4 months commencing on 1 September 1981.”.

Limit of available bounty

4. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (c) “and”; and

(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (1) the following word and paragraph:

“; and (e) in the case of the period commencing on 1 September 1981—$200,000.”.

Amendment of Bounty (Polyester-Cotton Yarn) Amendment Act 1980

5. Section 4 of the Bounty (Polyester-Cotton Yarn) Amendment Act 1980 is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) “paragraph (b)” and substituting “paragraph (1) (b)”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) “thereof” and substituting “of sub-section (1)”.

1. No. 7, 1978, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 31, 1980.