Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL ACT 2001 - SECT 52

             (1)  Subject to section 53, the CEO must make recommendations to the Minister in relation to the following matters in respect of each year to which this Division applies:

                     (a)  what proposals should be approved under subsection 51(1) and what proposals should not be approved;

                     (b)  what amounts should be determined under paragraphs 51(2)(a) and (b) in respect of proposals recommended by the CEO for approval.

             (3)  The recommendation that the CEO makes in relation to a particular proposal for expenditure on a research program (whether it is a recommendation that the proposal should be approved under subsection 51(1) or should not be so approved) must include the following information:

                     (a)  the name of the organisation seeking financial assistance for the proposal;

                     (b)  a description of the research program;

                     (c)  the name and title of the person leading the research program;

                     (d)  a statement of the reasons why the proposal is, or is not, recommended for approval under subsection 51(1).

             (4)  In deciding what proposals to approve under subsection 51(1), the Minister may (but is not required to) rely solely on recommendations made by the CEO under subsection (1) of this section.

Note:          Decisions by the CEO to make recommendations to the Minister are reviewable under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 , and the CEO may be requested to give a statement of reasons under section 13 of that Act.