Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (PAPER) ACT 1979 No. 72 of 1979 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''authorized person'' means a person who is an authorized person for the
purposes of this Act by virtue of an appointment under section 15;

''bountiable coated paper'' means coated paper-

   (a)  the substance of which is greater than 22 grams per square metre but
        is not greater than 67 grams per square metre; and

   (b)  that contains more than 50%, or such other percentage as is
        prescribed, by weight of mechanical pulp;

''bountiable paper'' means bountiable coated paper or bountiable uncoated
paper;

''bountiable uncoated paper'' means uncoated paper-

   (a)  that is not machine glazed;

   (b)  at least one side of which is of a prescribed brightness;

   (c)  the substance of which is-

        (i)    greater than 22 grams per square metre but less than 34 grams
               per square metre; or

        (ii)   greater than 40 grams per square metre but not greater than 205
               grams per square metre;

   (d)  that contains more than 55% by weight of mechanical pulp; and

   (e)  that, when tested by the one-minute Cobb method, absorbs not more than
        45 grams of water per square metre;

''bounty'' means bounty under this Act;

''Collector'' means a Collector of Customs for a State or Territory;

''Comptroller-General'' means the Comptroller-General of Customs;

''Customs Tariff Act'' means the Customs Tariff Act 1966 as in force
immediately before the commencement of this Act;

''prescribed brightness'' means a brightness of not less than 40 on a scale of
brightness of equal grades 0 to 100 measured by a machine used in the paper
industry for the purpose of measuring brightness on such a scale, being a
machine approved by the Comptroller-General for the purpose of this
definition;

''prescribed printed matter'' means goods of a kind to which, for the purposes
of the Customs Tariff Act, an item in Chapter 49 of Division X of Part II of
Schedule 1 of that Act applies;

''registered premises'' means premises registered by the Minister under
section 12.

(2) For the purposes of this Act-

   (a)  the manufacture of bountiable paper shall be taken to commence with,
        and to include, the pulping of the wood, paper or other matter from
        which the paper is made; and

   (b)  the manufacture of bountiable paper shall not be taken to include any
        cutting of the paper into sheets for the purpose of selling that paper
        as sheets.

(3) Where bounty becomes payable in respect of bountiable paper and the sale
of the paper referred to in paragraph 6 (3) (b) took place in a period to
which this Act applies, the bounty shall, for the purposes of this Act, be
deemed to have become payable in respect of that paper during that period.