Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 12(1), an R&D Corporation may make arrangements for consulting:
(a) persons and bodies representative of the primary industry or class of primary industries in respect of which the Corporation was established (including any of the Corporation's representative organisations); and
(b) Commonwealth, State and Territory authorities concerned with that primary industry or class of primary industries.
(2) Arrangements made by an R&D Corporation under subsection (1) may provide for:
(a) the Corporation agreeing to meet travel expenses reasonably incurred by a person in connection with consultations with the Corporation; and
(b) subject to written guidelines given to the Corporation by the Minister, the Corporation agreeing to meet expenses (other than travel expenses) reasonably incurred by a representative organisation of the Corporation, or a member of a representative organisation of the Corporation, in connection with consultations with the Corporation.