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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 1989
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Objects
4. Definitions
5. Levies attached to R&D Corporations or R&D Funds
6. Redirecting levies
7. Representative organisations
8. Establishment of Research and Development Corporations
9. Establishment of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
10. R&D Corporation is body corporate etc.
11. Functions
12. Powers
13. Agreements for carrying out R&D activities by other persons
14. Agreements for carrying out R&D activities with other persons
15. Consultations with persons and organisations
16. Constitution
17. Appointment of directors
18. Members of executive of representative organisation not eligible for appointment etc.
19. R&D plans
20. Approval of R&D plans
21. Variation of R&D plans
22. Approval for varied R&D plans to run for 4 years from next 1 July
23. When variations of R&D plans take effect
24. Consultation
25. Annual operational plans
26. Approval of annual operational plans
27. Compliance with R&D plans and annual operational plans
28. Annual report
29. Accountability to representative organisations
30. Payments to R&D Corporations
31. Government matching payments not to exceed levy and certain other payments
32. Commonwealth's matching payments not to exceed certain proportion of production
33. Expenditure of money of R&D Corporations
34. Commonwealth to be paid levy expenses from R&D Corporations
35. Commonwealth to be reimbursed for refunds of levy
36. Transfers of money where levies redirected
37. Payment of amounts of levy where levies redirected
38. Payment of matching contributions where levies redirected
39. Treatment of amounts received, after levies redirected, as a result of earlier expenditure
40. Separate accounting records
41. Borrowing from Commonwealth
42. Borrowing from persons other than the Commonwealth
43. Guarantee of borrowing
44. Borrowing not otherwise permitted
45. R&D Corporations may give security
46. Liability to taxation
47. Times and places of meetings
48. Presiding at meetings
49. Quorum
50. Voting at meetings
51. Conduct of meetings
52. Resolutions without meetings
53. Minutes
54. Disclosure of interests
55. Persons may be invited to attend meetings
56. R&D Corporations to which this Division applies
57. List of levy payers
58. R&D Corporation to convene annual general meeting
59. Notice of the convening of an annual general meeting
60. Purpose of annual general meeting
61. Regulations may provide for certain matters
62. Conduct of annual general meetings
63. Motions of no confidence
64. Representative organisations to receive copy of resolutions
65. Definition
66. Term of office
67. Directors hold office on part-time basis
68. Remuneration and allowances of directors
69. Terms and conditions of appointment not provided for by Act
70. Outside employment
71. Leave of absence
72. Resignation
73. Termination of appointment
74. Deputy Chairperson
75. Executive Director
76. Duties
77. Appointment
78. Term of appointment etc.
79. Executive Director holds office on full-time or part-time basis
80. Executive Director not to engage in other paid employment
81. Terms and conditions of appointment
82. Leave of absence
83. Resignation
84. Disclosure of interests
85. Acting Executive Director
86. Exclusion of Executive Director etc. from certain deliberations
87. Employees
88. Consultants
89. Committees
90. Delegation by R&D Corporation
91. Delegation by Executive Director
92. Establishment
93. Functions
94. Powers
95. Consultations with persons and organisations
96. Additional functions of the RIR&D Corporation
97. Constitution of R&D Councils
98. Appointment of members
99. Members of executive of representative organisation not eligible for appointment etc.
100. Applied provisions
101. R&D plans
102. Annual operational plans
103. Approval etc. of annual operational plans
104. Compliance with R&D plans and annual operational plans
105. Annual report
106. Accountability to representative organisations
107. Establishment of Research and Development Funds
108. Money to be paid into R&D Funds
109. Government matching payments not to exceed levy payments
110. Commonwealth's matching payments not to exceed certain proportion of production
111. Additional money payable into R&D Funds
112. Expenditure of money in R&D Funds
113. Commonwealth to be paid levy expenses from R&D Funds
114. Commonwealth to be reimbursed for refunds of levy
115. Transfers of money where levies redirected
116. Payment of amounts of levy where levies redirected
117. Payment of matching contributions where levies redirected
118. Treatment of amounts received, after levies redirected, as a result of earlier expenditure
119. Employees
120. Consultants
121. Administrative agreements
122. Presiding Members of Selection Committees
123. Minister may request the establishment of a Selection Committee
124. Establishment of Selection Committees - R&D Corporations
125. Establishment of Selection Committees - predominantly Commonwealth funded R&D Corporations
126. Establishment of Selection Committees - R&D Councils
127. Function of Selection Committees
128. Powers of Selection Committees
129. Presiding Member to abolish Selection Committee
130. Nominations to be made by Selection Committees
131. Selecting persons for nomination
132. Selection Committee to make only one nomination
133. Minister may request further information
134. Minister may reject nomination
135. Selection arrangements for proposed R&D Corporations
136. Selection arrangements for the RIR&D Corporation before its establishment
137. Selection arrangements for proposed R&D Councils
138. Applied provisions
139. Employees
140. Consultants
141. Annual reports of Selection Committees
142. Co-ordination meetings
143. Minister may give directions
144. Transfer of assets etc. on the establishment of an R&D Corporation or R&D Counci
145. Transfer of assets etc. on cessation of an R&D Corporation or R&D Council
146. Alteration of agreements and instruments on establishment of an R&D Corporation or R&D Council
147. Alteration of agreements and instruments on cessation of an R&D Corporation or R&D Council
148. Renaming of R&D Corporations and R&D Councils
149. Regulations
150. Orders
151. Transitional - Research Funds under the Rural Industries Research Act 1985
152. Transitional - Research Councils and State Research Committees under the Rural Industries Research Act 1985
153. Transitional - Coal Research Trust Account
154. Other Trust Accounts
155. Closure of Trust Accounts etc.
156. Abolition of Special Research Council and Special Research Fund
157. Amendments of other Acts
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
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