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Primary Industries Research and Development Amendment Bill 2017 [2017] AUSStaCSBSD 138 (10 May 2017)


Primary Industries Research and Development Amendment Bill 2017

Purpose
This bill seeks to amend the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989 (the Act) to:
• allow statutory research and development corporations (R&D Corporations) governed by the Act to undertake marketing activities funded by voluntary contributions;
• remove the requirement that the statutory R&D Corporations can undertake marketing only where a marketing levy is attached to the corporation; and
• amend the definition of 'marketing activities' to allow incidental activities such as consulting about or planning marketing activities
Portfolio
Agriculture and Water Resources
Introduced
House of Representatives on 29 March 2017

The committee has no comment on this bill.


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