Footnotes
[1] According
to the Explanatory Memorandum: Under the current EMDG Act (see section 49), all
commissions, discounts, credits and similar transactions that are based on the
level of sales made by an applicant are intended to be ineligible. However, due
to the technical wording of the relevant provision, the Act may not have this
legal effect in all cases and may only apply if the commissions etc are paid to
a customer of the applicant. This amendment bill clarifies the current rules to
ensure that all expenses incurred as commissions, discounts and other amounts
including salaries, retainers of fees that are based on the level of sales will
be ineligible, irrespective of the person or entity to whom they are paid. (Explanatory
memorandum, p. 7 and p. 33.)
[2] Export Market Development Grants Legislation
Amendment Bill 2006, explanatory memorandum, p. 2, and pp. 3–7.
[3] Productivity Commission, Trade and Assistance
Review 2004–05, p. 3.5
[4] Productivity Commission, Trade and Assistance
Review 2004–05, p. 3.5
[5] Productivity Commission, Trade and Assistance
Review 2004–05, p. 3.5; Austrade, Review of the Export Market Development
Grants Scheme, 2005, p. 7.
[6] Austrade, Review of the Export Market Development
Grants Scheme, 2005, pp. 7–8.
[7] Austrade, Review of the Export Market Development
Grants Scheme, 2005, p. 8.
[8] Austrade, Review of the Export
Market Development Grants Scheme, 2005, p. 9
[9] Austrade, Review of the Export Market Development
Grants Scheme, 2005, p. 9.
[10] Explanatory memorandum, pp. 8–28. See page 8
for Executive summary of the regulation impact statement.
[11] See submissions
P1, P3, P5.
[12] Submission
P2. See also Submission P5, from The
Australian Industry Group, which provided the Committee with a copy of its
submission to the review of the EMDG scheme.
[13] In the Act, an approved body means any
body corporate, cooperative or association that is approved by Austrade as an
approved body under section 89. (See section 107–Definitions, p. 71.)
[14] Submission
P2, p. 1.
[15] Submission
P2, Western Australian Fishing
Industry Council (Inc), pp. 1–3.
[16] Submission
P2, p. 3.
[17] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.
[18] Submission
P5, p. 5.
[19] Submission
P2, p. 3.
[20] Submission
P3, Australian Cotton Shippers
Association, p. 2.