Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES) AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1985 No. 182 of 1985 - SECT 9

9. Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (2),
(3) and (4) and substituting the following sub-sections:

"(2) A person shall not knowingly obtain or attempt to obtain bounty that is
not payable.
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

"(3) A person shall not -

   (a)  make to an authorised officer or other person exercising a power or
        performing a function or duty in relation to this Act a statement,
        either orally or in writing, that is to the knowledge of the person
        false or misleading in a material particular; or

   (b)  present (otherwise than in pursuance of sub-section 17 (1)) to an
        authorised officer or other person exercising a power or performing a
        function or duty in relation to this Act an account, book, document or
        other record that is to the knowledge of the person false or
        misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

"(4) A person shall not be convicted of an offence against or arising out of
sub-section (2) and an offence against or arising out of sub-section 14K (1),
or an offence against or arising out of sub-section (2) and an offence against
or arising out of sub-section (3), in respect of the same claim for bounty.

"(5) A reference in sub-section (4) to a person being convicted of an offence
includes a reference to an order being made under section 19B of the Crimes
Act 1914 in relation to a person in respect of an offence.

"(6) In this section, 'bounty' includes an advance on account of bounty under
section 11 or 14G.".