Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (BOOKS) AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 69 of 1979 - SECT 9

9. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following sub-sections:

''(3) Bounty is not payable in respect of a book that is a prohibited import.

''(4) For the purposes of sub-section (3), a book is a prohibited import if,
in the event of its being outside Australia-

   (a)  its importation into Australia would be prohibited absolutely by a law
        of the Commonwealth; or

   (b)  its importation into Australia would be prohibited by a law of the
        Commonwealth unless permission for the purposes of that law were
        obtained and the Minister is satisfied that unconditional permission
        to import an unlimited number of copies of the book would not be
        granted for the purposes of that law.

''(5) The regulations may provide that, for the purposes of the consideration
by the Minister of the application of sub-sections (3) and (4) in relation to
a book, he may obtain a report in relation to the book from any board or other
body established under a law of the Commonwealth for the purpose of giving
advice in relation to the importation of books into Australia, and provision
may be made by the regulations for the review of a report so furnished.''.