Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT 1987 No. 166 of 1987 - SECT 27

27. (1) When the Corporation is preparing the research and development plan
under subsection 26 (1) or revising the research and development plan under
subsection 26 (2), it shall prepare a research and development program for the
earliest financial year to which the research and development plan or the
research and development plan as so revised, as the case may be, will relate.

(2) The research and development program for a financial year shall:

   (a)  specify the particular horticultural research and development projects
        that the Corporation proposes to carry out or fund, in whole or part,
        during the financial year;

   (b)  estimate the amount likely to be expended by the Corporation during
        the financial year in relation to each of those projects;

   (c)  describe the classes of additional horticultural research and
        development projects (if any) that the Corporation is prepared to
        consider carrying out or funding, in whole or in part, during the
        financial year; and

   (d)  estimate the total amount likely to be expended by the Corporation
        during the financial year.

(3) If the Minister is of the opinion that the research and development
program is inconsistent with the research and development plan, the Minister
may, in writing, request the Corporation to revise the program.

(4) The Corporation may, at any time, revise the research and development
program, and shall revise the program if the Minister requests it under
subsection (3) to do so and gives written reasons for the request.

(5) Before preparing or revising a research and development program, the
Corporation shall consult with eligible industry bodies.

(6) A research and development program, and a revision of a research and
development program:

   (a)  shall be submitted to the Minister as soon as practicable after it is
        prepared; and

   (b)  has no effect until it is approved, in writing, by the Minister.

(7) The Minister shall approve a research and development program, or a
revision of a research and development program, unless the Minister is of the
opinion that the program, or the program as proposed to be revised, as the
case may be, is inconsistent with the research and development plan.