Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (ELECTRIC MOTORS) ACT 1984 No. 112 of 1984 - SECT 22

22. (1) Subject to this section, premises 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 motors 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 motors 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 17 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 motors 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 17 July 1984, engaged in the manufacture of bountiable motors 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
motors.

(9) 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 motors
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.

(10) A transfer under sub-section (9) 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.

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

   (a)  that bountiable motors are not being manufactured at those premises;

   (b)  that the manufacture of bountiable motors 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 (9) (b) in
               relation to the premises; or

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

   (d)  the occupier of those premises; and

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

(12) 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.