Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (ELECTRIC MOTORS) ACT 1984 No. 112 of 1984 - SECT 15

15. (1) A person who claims to be entitled to be paid an amount of bounty in
respect of a bountiable motor may lodge a claim for payment to the person of
the amount.

(2) A claim under sub-section (1) in respect of bountiable motors shall-

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

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

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

   (d)  be lodged with the Collector for the State or Territory in which the
        manufacture of the bountiable motor was completed, or, if there is no
        such Collector, the Comptroller-General within 12 months after the
        manufacture of the bountiable motor was completed.

(3) As soon as practicable after the lodgment of the claim, the
Comptroller-General shall, after examining the claim and causing such
inquiries as the Comptroller-General considers necessary to be made (including
inquiries under sections 26 and 27)-

   (a)  if the Comptroller-General is satisfied that the claim complies with
        sub-section (2) and that the claimant is, or, if certain estimates are
        correct, is, otherwise entitled to be paid an amount of bounty in
        respect of the bountiable motor to which the claim relates-approve, in
        writing, payment of the amount; or

   (b)  if the Comptroller-General is not so satisfied-refuse, in writing, to
        approve payment of bounty in respect of the motor to which the claim
        relates.

(4) Where the Comptroller-General makes a decision under sub-section (3) in
relation to a claim approving, or refusing to approve, payment of bounty, not
being a decision made within 30 days after the lodging of the claim and
approving payment of the amount of bounty claimed, the Comptroller-General
shall cause to be served on the person who lodged the claim, either personally
or by post, a notice in writing setting out the decision.