Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BARLEY RESEARCH ACT 1980 No. 168 of 1980 - SECT 13

13. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), amounts standing to the credit of the
account kept in accordance with sub-section 12 (1) may be paid out of that
account-

   (a)  with the approval of the Minister, for the purpose of research;

   (b)  in payment of the expenses incurred by the Council in the performance
        of its functions;

   (c)  in payment of remuneration, allowances and expenses payable to a
        member, or a deputy member, under section 27; and

   (d)  in payment of fees, expenses and allowances payable to persons
        appointed under section 28 to advise the Council.

(2) The Minister shall not exercise his power under paragraph (1) (a) to
approve the expenditure of amounts from the account kept in accordance with
sub-section 12 (1) unless-

   (a)  the Council has recommended the expenditure of those amounts; and

   (b)  the Minister is satisfied that any research to be undertaken as a
        result of the payment would not, if the payment were not made, have
        been undertaken by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
        Organization, the relevant Department of a State or a university in
        Australia.

(3) Amounts standing to the credit of an account kept in accordance with
sub-section 12(2) in relation to a State other than Tasmania may be paid out
of that account, with the approval of the State Committee for that State-

   (a)  for the purpose of research;

   (b)  for payment of the expenses incurred by the Committee in the exercise
        of its powers and the performance of its functions under this Act;

   (c)  for the payment of remuneration, allowances and expenses payable to a
        member of the Committee under section 27; and

   (d)  in payment of fees, expenses and allowances payable to persons
        appointed under section 28 to advise the Committee.

(4) Amounts standing to the credit of the account kept in accordance with
sub-section 12(2) in relation to the State of Tasmania may, with the approval
of the appropriate Minister of that State, be paid out of that account for the
purpose of research.

(5) An amount of a refund that is required under sub-section 9 (3) to be paid
out of the Research Account shall be debited to the account kept in accordance
with sub-section 12(2) in relation to the State in which the barley in respect
of which the refund is payable was produced.