TEXTILE, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACT 1999

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--INTRODUCTION

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 3 Simplified outline  
• 4 Definitions  
• 5 Continuity of partnerships  
• 6 Crown to be bound  
• 7 External Territories  

PART 2--TCF (SIP) SCHEME

Division 1--General provisions

• 8 TCF (SIP) scheme  
• 9 $700 million cap  

Division 2--General policy objectives for the grants provisions of the scheme

• 10 General policy objectives for the grants provisions of the  
• 11 Types of grants  
• 12 Duration of scheme  
• 13 Grants to be made in arrears  
• 14 Cap for grants in respect of TCF value-adding  
• 15 Grants cap based on eligible revenue and eligible start-up  

Division 3--Registration for the purposes of the scheme

• 16 Registration for the purposes of the scheme  

Division 4--Strategic business plans and accounts

• 17 Strategic business plans  
• 18 Accounts  

Division 5--Other matters relating to the scheme

• 19 Loans  
• 20 Advances on account of grants  
• 21 Scheme may confer administrative powers on the Minister or the  
• 22 Reconsideration and review of decisions  
• 23 Statement to accompany notification of decisions  
• 24 Guarantees relating to payment of scheme debts connected with  
• 25 Guarantees relating to payment of scheme debts connected with  
• 26 Non-arm's length transactions  
• 27 Participation in accredited benchmarking/management-improvement  
• 28 Grant by way of bounty  
• 29 Grants and advances to be inalienable  
• 30 Miscellaneous matters  
• 31 Ancillary or incidental provisions  
• 32 Scheme-making power not limited  
• 33 Fee must not amount to taxation  
• 34 Variation of scheme  
• 35 Scheme to be a disallowable instrument  
• 36 Appropriation  

PART 3--SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE REGIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

• 37 Supplementation of the Regional Assistance Program  

PART 4--INFORMATION-GATHERING POWERS

• 38 Minister or Secretary may obtain information and documents  
• 39 Copying documents—reasonable compensation  
• 40 Self-incrimination  
• 41 Copies of documents  
• 42 Minister or Secretary may retain documents  

PART 5--RECOVERY OF SCHEME DEBTS

• 43 Repayments of conditional grants  
• 44 Scheme debts are debts due to the Commonwealth  
• 45 Recovery by legal proceedings  
• 46 Recovery by set-off  
• 47 Commonwealth may collect money from a person who owes money to an  

PART 6--OFFENCES

• 48 Application of Criminal Code  
• 49 False or misleading information  
• 50 False or misleading evidence  
• 51 False or misleading documents  

PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS

• 52 Delegation  
• 53 Availability of grants  
• 54 Uniformity of bounties  
• 55 International obligations  
• 56 Regulations