Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 11

    The functions of an R&D Corporation are:

  (a)   to investigate and evaluate the requirements for research and development in relation to the primary industry or class of primary industries in respect of which it was established and, on the basis of such investigation and evaluation:

  (i)   to prepare an R&D plan under section   19; and

  (ii)   to review and revise the plan; and

  (b)   to prepare an annual operational plan under section   25 for each financial year; and

  (c)   to co - ordinate or fund the carrying out of R&D activities that are consistent with the annual operational plan prepared by the Corporation and in force at the time; and

  (d)   to:

  (i)   monitor; and

  (ii)   evaluate; and

  (iii)   report to the Parliament, the Minister and its representative organisations on;

    R&D activities that are co - ordinated or funded, wholly or partly, by the Corporation; and

  (da)   to:

  (i)   assess; and

  (ii)   report to the Parliament, the Minister and its representative organisations on;

    the impact, on the primary industry or class of primary industries in respect of which the Corporation was established, of R&D activities that are co - ordinated or funded, wholly or partly, by the Corporation; and

  (e)   to disseminate and commercialise, and facilitate the dissemination, adoption and commercialisation of, the results of research and development in relation to the primary industry or class of primary industries in respect of which the Corporation was established; and

  (ea)   if a levy attached to the Corporation has a marketing component--to carry out marketing activities for the benefit of the primary industry or class of primary industries in respect of which the Corporation was established; and

  (eb)   if a person makes a gift, grant, bequest or devise to the Corporation for the purpose of the Corporation carrying out marketing activities for the benefit of the primary industry or class of primary industries in respect of which the Corporation was established--to use the gift, grant, bequest or devise to carry out those marketing activities; and

  (f)   such other functions as are conferred on the Corporation by this Act or any other Act.