Export Market Development Grants Amendment Act 2004 (Cth)

Export Market Development Grants Amendment Act 2004

No. 71, 2004

An Act to amend the Export Market Development Grants Act 1997, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) 4 Application

Schedule 1—Amendments Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

Export Market Development Grants Amendment Act 2004

No. 71, 2004

An Act to amend the Export Market Development Grants Act 1997, and for related purposes

[Assented to 23 June 2004]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Export Market Development Grants Amendment Act 2004.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

4 Application

The amendments made by Schedule 1, and any guidelines made under paragraph 101(1)(bb) of the Export Market Development Grants Act 1997 (as inserted by Schedule 1), apply to grants in respect of a grant year commencing on or after 1 July 2003.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

1 Diagram 1 in the Reader's Guide Repeal the diagram, substitute:

Diagram 1—Is an amount of grant payable to you? (Overview of Act)

2 After subsection 72(2) Insert:

(2A) Austrade may, by written notice to the applicant, ask the applicant to give to Austrade any written consent (whether of the applicant or an associate of the applicant) specified in the notice that Austrade requires to enable Austrade to obtain information to determine, in accordance with guidelines determined under paragraph 101(1)(bb), whether: (a) the applicant is a fit and proper person to receive a grant; or (b) any associate of the applicant is a fit and proper person to receive a grant.