Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS ACT 1997 - SECT 16

  (1)   To be eligible for a grant, a person of a kind mentioned in section   15 must satisfy:

  (a)   the condition set out in subsection   (2); and

  (b)   any other conditions prescribed by the rules.

  (2)   Unless the rules exclude the person from this subsection, the person must be either:

  (a)   ready to export eligible products; or

  (b)   both:

  (i)   exporting eligible products; and

  (ii)   seeking to expand the person's export promotion activity (within existing, or to new, export markets) for eligible products.

Note:   The rules define ready to export .

  (3)   If the rules exclude a person from subsection   (2), the rules must also prescribe one or more conditions that have the effect of requiring a connection between the person and the marketing of eligible products in a foreign country.

  (4)   Conditions prescribed by the rules for the purposes of paragraph   (1)(b):

  (a)   may include a time at which, or a period during which, a person must satisfy the conditions; and

  (b)   may be different for different kinds of persons.