SHALE OIL BOUNTY.

No. 36 of 1926.

An Act to amend the Shale Oil Bounty Act 1917–1923.

[Assented to 11th August, 1926.]

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 1926.

(2.)  The Shale Oil Bounty Act 1917–1923 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 1917–1926.

Extension of period during which bounty payable.

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

Specification of bounty.

3.   Section three of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “nine years” and inserting in their stead the words “twelve years”.

Amendment of Schedule.

4.   The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from the second column the figure “9” and inserting in its stead the figures “12”; and

(b) by omitting from the fourth column the figures “1926” and inserting in their stead the figures “1929”.