Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00112:clause:3_21:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00112
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 21 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 18590–21306

21  Form of application for certificate for the producer offset

Information in application
 (1) An application for a certificate for the producer offset must:
 (a) be made to the film authority in writing; and
 (b) include the information specified in clauses 1.1 to 2.32 and Division 3 of Part A of Schedule 2; and
 (c) be signed on behalf of the applicant.
 (2) If the film is a series, or a season of a series, the application must also include:
 (a) the information specified in clauses 2.33 and 2.34 of Part A of Schedule 2; and
 (b) if the series or season is similar to another series – the information specified in clause 2.35 of Part A of Schedule 2.

Documents attached to application
 (3) The following documents must be attached to the application:
 (a) if the film is an official co-production – the documents specified in Part B of Schedule 2;
 (b) if the film is not an official co-production – the documents specified in Part B of Schedule 2, other than the documents specified in clause 1.5 of that Part;
 (c) an expenditure statement, prepared in accordance with rule 28, for the total film expenditure, and the estimated qualifying Australian production expenditure, on the film;
 (d) an auditor's statement that:
 (i) provides audited figures for:
 (A) qualifying Australian production expenditure; and
 (B) total film expenditure; and
 (ii) includes a statement that the audit was conducted in compliance with rule 30; and
 (iii) is signed by a person who:
 (A)  is a registered company auditor; and
 (B) is not an officer, employee or partner of the applicant or of a body corporate that is a related body corporate in relation to the applicant;
 (e) a completed budget spreadsheet, in the form approved by the film authority.
 (4) If expenditure incurred to acquire copyright, or a licence in relation to copyright, in a pre-existing work for use in the film is claimed, by the applicant, as estimated qualifying Australian production expenditure under item 2 of the table in subsection 376-150(1) of the Act, the following documents must also be attached to the application:
 (a) evidence that the copyright is held by an Australian resident;
 (b) proof of the acquisition of the copyright or the licence (including any agreement in relation to the acquisition).
 (5) If the expenditure statement contains an amount of estimated qualifying Australian production expenditure that has been translated into Australian currency using the special translation rule in item 9 or 9B of the table in subsection 960-50(6) of the Act, a foreign currency statement, prepared in accordance with rule 29, must also be attached to the application.

Waiver of requirement
 (6) The film authority may waive a