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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FUTURE HEALTH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FUND ACT 2012 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used

                In this Act —

        advisory group means the advisory group established and maintained under section 4G(1);

        amendment day means the day on which the Western Australian Future Fund Amendment (Future Health Research and Innovation Fund) Act 2020 section 3 comes into operation;

        arrangement means —

            (a)         a contract, programme or scheme; or

            (b)         any other type of arrangement;

        CEO means the chief executive officer of the FHRI Account Department;

        department means a department of the Public Service;

        FHRI Account means the account called the Western Australian Future Health Research and Innovation Account established under section 4A;

        FHRI Account Department means the department principally assisting the Minister for Health in the administration of the FHRI Account;

        FHRI Fund means the account called the Western Australian Future Health Research and Innovation Fund established under section 5;

        FHRI Fund Department means the department principally assisting the Treasurer in the administration of the FHRI Fund;

        forecast investment income , for a financial year, means the estimate that —

            (a)         is of the income that will be derived during the financial year from the investment of money standing to the credit of the FHRI Fund; and

            (b)         is set out in —

                  (i)         the part of the budget papers for the financial year, tabled in the Legislative Assembly, that is titled “Economic and Fiscal Outlook”; or

                  (ii)         if the regulations prescribe another part of those budget papers — that other part; or

                  (iii)         if the budget papers for the financial year have not been tabled in the Legislative Assembly before the commencement of the financial
year — the statement tabled under section 9B;

        forecast royalty income , for a financial year, means the estimate of royalty income for that financial year set out in —

            (a)         the part of the budget papers for the financial year, tabled in the Legislative Assembly, that is titled “Economic and Fiscal Outlook”; or

            (b)         if the regulations prescribe another part of those budget papers — that other part;

        Minister for Health

            (a)         means the Minister of the Crown to whom the administration of section 4A is for the time being committed by the Governor; and

            (b)         includes a Minister of the Crown for the time being acting for or on behalf of the Minister referred to in paragraph (a);

        Public Bank Account has the meaning given in the Financial Management Act 2006 section 3;

        qualifying activities means —

            (a)         any type of —

                  (i)         medical research; or

                  (ii)         other research in the field of human health; or

                  (iii)         medical innovation; or

                  (iv)         other innovation in the field of human health;

                or

            (b)         the commercialisation, or other utilisation or development, of any products or other outcomes of any research or innovation falling within paragraph (a).

        [Section 3 amended: No. 22 of 2020 s. 7.]



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