Part 3
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Payment of fuel grants
14
GRANT PERIODS
(1)
You may, subject to any determination by the Commissioner under subsections (2) and (3), make a claim under section 15 for any period (the
grant period
):
(a)
that is specified in the claim; and
(b)
that is not covered, or covered in part, by another claim; and
(c)
that ends before 1 July 2003.
(2)
Despite subsection (1) and subject to subsection (3), the Commissioner may, for the purposes of an application under section 14A for an advance on account of a fuel grant that may become payable to you, determine the grant period in relation to which that application for an advance is made.
(3)
The Commissioner may make a determination specifying, either generally or in relation to entities of a kind specified in the determination, either or both of the following:
(a)
the minimum amount, or the minimum volume of fuel, in respect of which a claim or an application for an advance may be made;
(b)
the minimum period that a claim or the application for an advance must cover.
History
S 14 substituted by No 165 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 1 item 15, effective 1 October 2001.
No 165 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 1 item 16 contained the following transitional provision:
16 Transitional provision
(1)
Section 14 of the
Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999
, as amended by item 15 of Schedule 1 to this Act, applies in respect of any period that has not been the subject of a claim for a fuel grant under section 15 of that Act, whether the period commences before, on or after the day on which that item commences
(2)
The amendment of the
Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999
made by item 15 of Schedule 1 to this Act does not affect any claim:
(a)
that has been lodged with the Commissioner before the commencement of that item; and
(b)
that is based on a grant period determined under section 14 of that Act as in force before the commencement of that item.
S 14 formerly read:
Grant periods
(1)
You may choose the
grant periods
applying to you, but they must be one of the following:
(a)
each calendar month;
(b)
each period of 3 months ending on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December in any year;
(c)
each calendar year.
You must notify the Commissioner, in the approved form, of your choice of grant periods.
(2)
Despite subsection (1), the
grant periods
for entities of a kind in respect of which a determination under subsection (3) is in force are the periods worked out in accordance with that determination.
History
S 14(2) amended by No 201 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 1 item 31, by substituting
"
Despite subsection (1)'' for ``However'', effective 24 December 1999.
(3)
The Commissioner may, in writing, determine the grant periods for entities of a kind specified in the determination.
(4)
(4) You may apply to the Commissioner, in the approved form, for approval to:
(a)
divide each financial year into a continuous sequence of 2 or more smaller periods that comply with subsection (5); and
(b)
treat each of those smaller periods as a
grant period
applying to you.
History
S 14(4) inserted by No 201 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 1 item 32, effective 24 December 1999.
(5)
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4):
(a)
the smaller periods do not have to be of the same length; and
(b)
a smaller period must not be shorter than a calendar month; and
(c)
a smaller period must be not longer than 11 calendar months.
History
S 14(5) inserted by No 201 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 1 item 32, effective 24 December 1999.
(6)
The Commissioner may, in writing, grant an application under subsection (4).
History
S 14(6) inserted by No 201 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 1 item 32, effective 24 December 1999.
(7)
If the Commissioner refuses to grant an application made by an entity under subsection (4), the Commissioner must give written notice of the refusal to the entity.
History
S 14(7) inserted by No 201 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 1 item 32, effective 24 December 1999.