Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ACT 1992 - SECT 7

  (1)   The functions of the CEO are:

  (a)   in the name of the NHMRC, to inquire into, issue guidelines on, and advise the community on, matters relating to:

  (i)   the improvement of health; and

  (ii)   the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease; and

  (iii)   the provision of health care; and

  (iv)   public health research and medical research; and

  (v)   ethical issues relating to health; and

  (b)   to advise, and make recommendations to, the Commonwealth, the States and the Territories on the matters referred to in paragraph   (a); and

  (c)   to make recommendations to the Minister on expenditure:

  (i)   on public health research and training; and

  (ii)   on medical research and training;

    including recommendations on the application of the Account; and

  (d)   any other functions conferred on the CEO in writing by the Minister; and

  (e)   any other functions conferred on the CEO by this Act, the regulations or any other law; and

  (f)   any functions incidental to any of the foregoing.

Note:   The Minister may delegate additional functions to the CEO: see section   82.

Instruments are not legislative instruments

  (2)   An instrument under paragraph   (1)(d) is not a legislative instrument.