Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DRIED VINE FRUITS EQUALIZATION ACT 1978 No. 195 of 1978 - SECT 19

19. (1) Where, by virtue of an arrangement under section 18, the Corporation
makes to the other party to the arrangement a payment of a kind referred to in
paragraph 18 (2) (c) in respect of exported dried fruit, being dried fruit to
which a separate account relates, that other party shall take such action as
is necessary to ensure that the benefit of that payment is passed on, in an
equitable manner, to the producers of that dried fruit.

(2) Where, in relation to a particular payment to which sub-section (1)
relates, a person fails to comply with that sub-section, the amount of that
payment is repayable to the Corporation on demand in writing by the
Corporation and, if not paid within 3 months after the demand, shall be deemed
to be a debt due to the Corporation.

(3) Where the Minister has reason to believe that a person who is in receipt
of payments to which sub-section (1) relates is not complying with that
sub-section with respect to those payments, he may, by writing signed by him,
direct that the person is not to be paid any further payments while the
direction is in force.

(4) Where-

   (a)  the amount of a payment to which sub-section (1) relates is repaid to,
        or recovered by, the Corporation under sub-section (2); or

   (b)  but for a direction in force under sub-section (3), the Corporation
        would be liable to make a payment of that kind, the Corporation shall
        take such action as is necessary to ensure, as far as practicable,
        that the benefit of an amount equal to that payment is passed on, in
        an equitable manner, to the producers of the dried fruit to which the
        payment relates.