Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDUSTRIES ASSISTANCE COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 118 of 1984 - SECT 19

19. Section 30A of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Inquiry into, and report on, temporary assistance

"30A. Where the Commission is requested under section 30 to undertake an
inquiry in relation to an industry, the Commission-

   (a)  shall, after giving notice of the inquiry in accordance with section
        32, forthwith hold the inquiry;

   (b)  shall, as soon as practicable, but not later than 45 days after the
        day on which the request was made, report to the Minister in
        accordance with the request;

   (c)  shall not, in its report to the Minister in accordance with the
        request, recommend that particular assistance be provided to the
        industry, if the provision of that assistance to the industry would
        seriously disadvantage another industry in Australia;

   (d)  shall not, in its report to the Minister in accordance with the
        request, recommend that assistance be provided to the industry for a
        period exceeding 12 months; and

   (e)  shall, in its report to the Minister in accordance with the request-

        (i)    recommend whether or not the Minister should refer to the
               Commission under section 23 a matter relating to the giving,
               continuance or withdrawal of assistance to the industry;

        (ii)   report whether, in its opinion, the circumstances under which
               the industry, or a group of industries that includes the
               industry, is operating are such as to warrant the holding,
               before any temporary assistance that may be provided to the
               industry following receipt by the Minister of the report ceases
               to be so provided, of a further inquiry under this Part in
               relation to the industry; and

        (iii)  in a case where the Commission proposes to recommend in the
               report that assistance be provided to the industry for a
               particular period and considers it appropriate to recommend
               that the industry undertake particular action during that
               period-recommend that the industry so undertake that action.".