CHAPTER 16 | 1920s – Bountiful Years
8. No bounty shall be payable in respect of any fortified wine which is not of good and merchantable quality. 9. The Minister may withhold the whole or any part of the bounty if he finds that a price, which in his opinion was less than a reasonable price, was paid for any Doradillo grapes used in the production of the fortifying spirit contained in the wine in respect of which the bounty is claimed. (1.) A claimant for bounty shall keep proper and separate books of account showing in detail- (a) the quantity of Doradillo grapes purchased by him; (b) the amount paid to each supplier of the Doradillo grapes; (c) the name and address of the supplier; and (d) such other particulars as the Minister from time to time requires. (2.) All books of account kept by a claimant under this section and all documents in the possession of, or under the control of, the claimant relating to Doradillo grapes shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection and audit by any person authorized in that behalf by the Minister and that person may, upon inspection or audit, make and take away extracts from those books of account and documents. 10. No person shall- (a) obtain any bounty which is not payable; (b) obtain payment of any bounty by means of any false or mis-leading statement; or (c) present to any officer or other person doing duty in relation to this Act or the regulations, any document, or make to any such officer or person any statement, which is false in any particular. Penalty: One hundred pounds or imprisonment for twelve months. 11. A return setting forth- (a) the names of all persons to whom bounties are paid under this Act; (b) the amounts of all such bounties; and (c) such other particulars as are prescribed, shall be prepared in the month of July in each year, and shall be laid before both Houses of the Parliament within thirty days after its preparation if the Parliament is then sitting, and, if not, then within thirty days after the next meeting thereof. 12. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out, or giving effect to this Act, and in particular for prescribing penalties not exceeding Fifty pounds or imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months for any breach of the regulations.
The Export Bounty Act 1924 profoundly impacted on the future direction of the Australian Wine Industry. From this point fortified wines begin to dominate production in Australia for around forty years.
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