Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (COMPUTERS) ACT 1984 No. 113 of 1984 - SECT 20

20. (1) Subject to this section, premises that are used solely or principally
for industrial or commercial purposes may be registered under this section for
the purposes of this Act.

(2) An application for the registration of premises under this section may be
made to the Minister, in writing, by a person who carries on, or proposes to
carry on, the manufacture of bountiable equipment at those premises.

(3) Subject to sub-sections (6), (7) and (8), where an application for the
registration of premises is made under sub-section (2) by a person who, in the
opinion of the Minister, carries on, or proposes to carry on, the manufacture
of bountiable equipment at those premises, the Minister shall-

   (a)  register those premises in the name of the applicant by signing a
        notice, in writing, specifying the date on which it was signed and
        stating that the premises have been so registered and causing that
        notice to be served, either personally or by post, on the applicant;
        or

   (b)  refuse to register those premises and cause a notice, in writing,
        stating that the Minister has refused to register those premises to be
        served, either personally or by post, on the applicant.

(4) The registration of premises under this section has effect from the date
on which the notice under paragraph (3) (a), in relation to the premises, is
signed, or such earlier date, not being a date earlier than 6 July 1984, as is
determined by the Minister and specified in that notice.

(5) The regulations may prescribe conditions to be complied with in connection
with the manufacture of bountiable equipment at registered premises.

(6) If conditions have been prescribed under sub-section (5), the Minister
shall not register premises under this section unless the Minister is
satisfied that the conditions have been, or will be, complied with in respect
of those premises.

(7) The Minister may require an applicant for the registration of premises
under this section to furnish such information as the Minister considers
necessary for the purposes of this Act and may refuse to register the premises
until the information is furnished to the satisfaction of the Minister.

(8) Where an applicant for the registration of premises under this section was
not, on 6 July 1984, engaged in the manufacture of bountiable equipment at
those premises, the Minister shall refuse to register those premises unless,
in the opinion of the Minister, the registration of those premises will permit
the orderly development in Australia of the industry manufacturing bountiable
equipment.

(9) Premises that, on 5 July 1984, were registered under the Automatic Data
Processing Equipment Bounty Act 1977 shall be deemed to have been registered
under this section with effect from 6 July 1984.

(10) Where-

   (a)  premises are registered under this section; and

   (b)  the person in whose name the premises are so registered and a person
        who carries on, or proposes to carry on, the manufacture of bountiable
        equipment at those premises (in this sub-section referred to as the

"transferee") make a joint application in writing to the Minister for the
transfer of the registration of the premises to the name of the transferee,
the Minister shall transfer the registration of those premises to the name of
the transferee by causing a notice, in writing, stating that the registration
has been so transferred to be served, either personally or by post, on the
transferee.

(11) A transfer under sub-section (10) has effect from such date as is
specified in the notice under that sub-section in relation to the transfer,
being a date after the commencement of the bounty period and not earlier than
6 months before the date on which the application for the transfer was made.

(12) Where the Minister becomes satisfied, in respect of premises registered
under this section-

   (a)  that bountiable equipment is not being manufactured at those premises;

   (b)  that the manufacture of bountiable equipment at those premises is
        being carried on by a person other than-

        (i)    the person in whose name the premises are registered; or

        (ii)   a person who has made an application under paragraph (10) (b)
               in relation to the premises;

   (c)  if any conditions have been prescribed under sub-section (5), that
        bountiable equipment is being manufactured at those premises otherwise
        than in accordance with those conditions; or

   (d)  those premises are not being used solely or principally for industrial
        or commercial purposes, the Minister may cancel the registration of
        those premises by causing a notice, in writing, stating that the
        registration of those premises has been cancelled to be served, either
        personally or by post, on-

   (e)  the occupier of those premises; and

   (f)  if the occupier is not the person in whose name those premises are
        registered, on the person in whose name the premises are registered.

(13) For the purposes of the application of section 29 of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901 to the service on a person by post of a notice under
this section in relation to premises, such a notice posted as a letter
addressed to that person at the premises shall be deemed to be properly
addressed.