Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TEXTILE, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACT 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--INTRODUCTION

   1.      Short title [see Note 1]  
   2.      Commencement [see Note 1]  
   3.      Simplified outline  
   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Continuity of partnerships  
   6.      Crown to be bound  
   7.      External Territories  

   PART 2--TCF--

           Division 1A--Preliminary

   7A.     Simplified outline  
   7B.     Definitions  

           Division 1--General provisions

   8.      TCF (SIP) scheme  
   9.      $700 million cap  

           Division 2--General policy objectives for the grants provisions of the scheme

   10.     General policy objectives for the grants provisions of the scheme  
   11.     Types of grants  
   12.     Duration of scheme  
   13.     Grants to be made in arrears  
   14.     Cap for grants in respect of TCF value-adding  
   14A.    Alternative cap for certain grants in respect of TCF value-adding  
   15.     Grants cap based on eligible revenue and eligible start-up investment amount  

           Division 3--Registration for the purposes of the scheme

   16.     Registration for the purposes of the scheme  

           Division 4--Strategic business plans and accounts

   17.     Strategic business plans  
   18.     Accounts  

           Division 4A--Conditional grants

   18A.    Conditional grants  
   18B.    Operation of electronic equipment by authorised officers  
   18C.    Operation of electronic equipment by experts  
   18D.    Pre-condition to operating electronic equipment  
   18E.    Compensation for damage to electronic equipment  
   18F.    Identity cards  

           Division 5--Other matters relating to the scheme

   19.     Loans  
   20.     Advances on account of grants  
   21.     Scheme may confer administrative powers on the Minister or the Secretary  
   22.     Reconsideration and review of decisions  
   23.     Statement to accompany notification of decisions  
   24.     Guarantees relating to payment of scheme debts connected with grants  
   25.     Guarantees relating to payment of scheme debts connected with loans  
   26.     Non-arm’s length transactions  
   27.     Participation in accredited benchmarking/management-improvement studies  
   28.     Grant by way of bounty  
   29.     Grants and advances to be inalienable  
   30.     Miscellaneous matters  
   31.     Ancillary or incidental provisions  
   32.     Scheme-making power not limited  
   33.     Fee must not amount to taxation  
   34.     Variation of scheme  
   35.     Scheme to be a disallowable instrument  
   36.     Appropriation  

   PART 3--SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE REGIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

   37.     Supplementation of the Regional Assistance Program  

   PART 3A--TCF--POST-2005

           Division 1--Preliminary

   37A.    Object of Part and simplified outline of Part  
   37B.    Definitions  

           Division 2--Formulation of TCF Post-2005

   37C.    TCF Post-2005 (SIP) scheme  
   37D.    Caps  

           Division 3--General policy objectives

   37E.    General policy objectives  
   37F.    2 types of grants  
   37G.    Provisions relating to grants in respect of TCF capital investment expenditure  
   37H.    Provisions relating to grants in respect of TCF research and development expenditure  
   37J.    Grants to be made in arrears  
   37K.    Grants cap based on eligible revenue and eligible start-up investment amount  

           Division 4--Registration for the purposes of the scheme

   37L.    Registration for the purposes of the scheme  

           Division 5--Strategic business plans and accounts

   37M.    Strategic business plans  
   37N.    Accounts  

           Division 6--Conditional grants

   37P.    Conditional grants  
   37Q.    Operation of electronic equipment by authorised officers  
   37R.    Operation of electronic equipment by experts  
   37S.    Pre-condition to operating electronic equipment  
   37T.    Compensation for damage to electronic equipment  
   37U.    Identity cards  

           Division 7--Other matters relating to the scheme

   37V.    Advances on account of grants  
   37W.    Scheme may confer administrative powers on the Secretary  
   37X.    Reconsideration and review of decisions  
   37Y.    Guarantees relating to payment of scheme debts  
   37Z.    Non-arm’s length transactions  
   37ZA.   Grants and advances to be inalienable  
   37ZB.   Other matters  
   37ZC.   Ancillary or incidental provisions  
   37ZD.   Scheme-making power not limited  
   37ZE.   Fee must not amount to taxation  
   37ZF.   Variation of scheme  
   37ZG.   Scheme to be a disallowable instrument  
   37ZH.   Appropriation  
   37ZI.   Publication of grant totals  

   PART 3B--TCF--SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

   37ZJ.   TCF Small Business Program  

   PART 4--INFORMATION-GATHERING POWERS

   38.     Minister or Secretary may obtain information and documents  
   39.     Copying documents—reasonable compensation  
   40.     Self-incrimination  
   41.     Copies of documents  
   42.     Minister or Secretary may retain documents  

   PART 5--RECOVERY OF SCHEME DEBTS

   43.     Recovery of conditional grants  
   44.     Scheme debts are debts due to the Commonwealth  
   45.     Recovery by legal proceedings  
   46.     Recovery by set-off  
   47.     Commonwealth may collect money from a person who owes money to an entity  

   PART 6--OFFENCES

   48.     Application of Criminal Code  
   49.     False or misleading information  
   50.     False or misleading evidence  
   51.     False or misleading documents  

   PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS

   52.     Delegation  
   53.     Availability of grants  
   54.     Uniformity of bounties  
   55.     International obligations  
   56.     Regulations