SHALE OIL BOUNTY

No. 6 of 1921.

An Act to amend the Shale Oil Bounty Act 1917.

[Assented to 2nd September, 1921.]

Preamble.

BE it enacted by the King’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 Shale Oil Bounty Act 1921.

(2.)   The Shale Oil Bounty Act 1917 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)   The Principal Act. as amended by this Act. may be cited as the Shale Oil Bounty Act 1917-1921.

Amendment of s. 2.

2.    Section two of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “four years and inserting in their stead the words “five years”.

Specification of bounty.

3.    Section three of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) thereof the words “four years” and inserting in their stead the words “five years”.

Amendment of the Schedule.

4.    The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from the second column the figure “4” and inserting in its stead the figure “5”; and

(b) by omitting from the fourth column the figures “1921” and inserting in their stead the figures “1922”.