Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (COMPUTERS) ACT 1984 No. 113 of 1984 - SECT 17

17. (1) Where the particulars of factory cost set out in a return under
section 16 in relation to an accounting period of a manufacturer of bountiable
equipment show a difference between that cost and the factory cost, or an
estimate of factory cost, on which claims for bounty lodged during that period
by the manufacturer were based, not being a cost determined under sub-section
6 (6), the manufacturer shall lodge with the return a statement in respect of
the difference.
Penalty for contravention of this sub-section: $1,000.

(2) The statement shall-

   (a)  be in accordance with the appropriate approved form;

   (b)  include such information as is required by the form; and

   (c)  be signed and witnessed as required by the form.

(3) Where a statement is lodged by a manufacturer of bountiable equipment in
relation to an accounting period of the manufacturer, the Comptroller-General
shall, after examining the statement and causing such inquiries as the
Comptroller-General considers necessary to be made (including inquiries under
sections 24 and 25)-

   (a)  if the Comptroller-General is satisfied that the statement complies
        with sub-section (2) and that the manufacturer is entitled to be paid
        an additional amount of bounty in respect of the bountiable equipment
        for which claims for bounty were lodged during that period-approve, in
        writing, payment of the additional amount;

   (b)  if the Comptroller-General is satisfied that there has been an
        overpayment of bounty by more than $100 in respect of the
        bountiable equipment for which claims for bounty were lodged during
        that period-cause to be served on the manufacturer a demand for the
        repayment of the amount of the overpayment, and the manufacturer is
        liable to repay that amount to the Commonwealth; or

   (c)  if paragraph (a) or (b) do not apply-decline, in writing, to adjust
        payments of bounty made in respect of claims lodged by the
        manufacturer during that period.

(4) Where the Comptroller-General makes a decision under sub-section (3) in
relation to a statement under sub-section (1), the Comptroller-General shall
cause to be served on the manufacturer of bountiable equipment who lodged the
statement a notice in writing setting out the decision.