Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (NON-ADJUSTABLE WRENCHES) ACT 1981 No. 18 of 1981 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears -



"attachment" includes a socket, a handle, a tool-holder, an extension bar and
a universal joint;



"authorized officer" means an officer who is an authorized officer for the
purposes of this Act by virtue of an appointment under section 16;



"bountiable implement" means -

   (a)  a prescribed wrench; or

   (b)  a steel attachment designed to be connected to another steel
        attachment or to other steel attachments so that the attachments when
        connected would be a prescribed wrench;



"bounty" means bounty under this Act;



"bounty period" means a bounty period referred to in section 4;



"Collector" has the same meaning as it has in the Customs Act 1901;



"Comptroller-General" means the Comptroller-General of Customs;



"nut" includes a bolt and a screw;



"prescribed wrench" means a steel wrench designed to turn a nut, but does not
include -

   (a)  a wrench designed to be inserted into, or to have any part inserted
        into, a nut that is to be turned by the wrench;

   (b)  a wrench that has adjustable jaws or is otherwise adjustable, or is
        self-adjusting, so as to be able to turn nuts of different sizes or
        shapes; or

   (c)  a wrench that is power driven or is designed for power operation;



"registered premises" means premises registered by the Minister under
section 13;



"wrench" includes a spanner.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, a wrench or an attachment shall be taken to
be a steel wrench or a steel attachment, as the case may be, if, and only if,
the wrench or attachment, as the case may be -

   (a)  is -

        (i)    made of steel; or

        (ii)   made of steel, except for hand grips of another material;

   (b)  was produced by processes that included forging, hardening and
        tempering; and

   (c)  is of a standard (if any) prescribed by the Regulations.