Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT 1987 No. 166 of 1987 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"appoint" includes re-appoint;

"Australian horticultural industry" means any industry carried on in Australia
in connection with:

   (a)  producing horticultural products by:

        (i)    growing or harvesting; or

        (ii)   processing Australian horticultural products; or

   (b)  handling, storing, transporting, processing or marketing Australian
        horticultural products;

"Australian horticultural products" means:

   (a)  horticultural products grown or harvested in Australia;

   (b)  horticultural products produced by the processing in Australia of
        products referred to in paragraph (a); or

   (c)  products in a class of products prescribed for the purposes of this
        definition;

"Chairperson" means:

   (a)  in relation to the Corporation-the Chairperson of the Corporation; and

   (b)  in relation to the Selection Committee-the Chairperson of the
        Selection Committee;

"Corporation" means the Horticultural Research and Development Corporation;

"cut flowers and foliage" includes processed cut flowers and foliage;

"Deputy Chairperson" means the Deputy Chairperson of the Corporation;

"eligible industry body" means a body prescribed by the regulations for the
purposes of the provision in which the expression is used;

"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Corporation;

"Export Charge Act" means the Horticultural Export Charge Act 1987;

"Export Charge Collection Act" means the Horticultural Export Charge
Collection Act 1987;

"fruits" includes processed fruits;

"government member" means the government member of the Corporation;

"horticultural products" means:

   (a)  fruits;

   (b)  vegetables;

   (c)  nuts;

   (d)  nursery products;

   (e)  cut flowers and foliage; and

   (f)  products in a class of products prescribed for the purposes of this
        paragraph;
but does not include products in a class of products that are declared by the
regulations not to be horticultural products for the purposes of this
definition;

"horticultural research and development" means:

   (a)  systematic experimentation or analysis in any field of science,
        technology, marketing or economics carried out with the object of
        acquiring knowledge that might be useful in improving the efficiency
        and competitiveness of Australian horticultural industries; or

   (b)  the application of knowledge (whether or not acquired by activities
        referred to in paragraph (a)) for the purpose of improving the
        efficiency and competitiveness of Australian horticultural industries;
and, without limiting the generality of paragraphs (a) and (b), includes:

   (c)  research in relation to, and the development of:

        (i)    methods of:

                (A)  growing, harvesting or otherwise producing horticultural
                     products; or

                (B)  handling, storing, transporting, processing or marketing
                     horticultural products; and

        (ii)   equipment and techniques for doing activities referred to in
               subparagraph (i);

   (d)  the dissemination of information, and the provision of advice and
        assistance, to Australian horticultural industries for the purpose of
        encouraging the adoption of scientific and technological developments
        to improve their efficiency and competitiveness;

   (e)  the publication of reports, periodicals, books and papers containing
        scientific, technical, marketing or economic information that might be
        useful in improving the efficiency and competitiveness of Australian
        horticultural industries; and

   (f)  any activity incidental to an activity referred to in paragraphs (a)
        to (e) (inclusive);

"Levy Act" means the Horticultural Levy Act 1987;

"Levy Collection Act" means the Horticultural Levy Collection Act 1987;

"member" includes:

   (a)  in relation to the Corporation-the Chairperson of the Corporation, the
        Deputy Chairperson, the government member and the Executive Director;
        and

   (b)  in relation to the Selection Committee-the Chairperson of the
        Selection Committee;

"nominated member" means:

   (a)  in relation to the Corporation-a member of the Corporation other than
        the Chairperson, the government member or the Executive Director; or

   (b)  in relation to the Selection Committee-a member of the Selection
        Committee appointed on the nomination of eligible industry bodies;

"nursery products" includes trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, corms,
tubers, propagating material and plant tissue cultures, grown for ornamental
purposes or for producing fruits, vegetables, nuts, or cut flowers or foliage;

"nuts" includes processed nuts;

"order" means an order made under the regulations;

"Parliament", in relation to the Northern Territory, means the Legislative
Assembly of the Northern Territory;

"prescribed" includes prescribed by an order;

"process", in relation to a product, means the performance of any operation in
relation to the product, and includes the chilling, freezing, drying,
bottling, packing, canning or preserving of the product, but does not include
the performance of an operation included in a class of operations prescribed
for the purposes of this definition, either generally or in relation to the
product or a class of products in which the product is included;

"product" includes a thing occurring naturally;

"regulations" includes orders;

"Research Councils Selection Committee" means the Research Councils
Selection Committee established by the Rural Industries Research Act 1985;

"securities" includes stocks, debentures, debenture stocks, notes, bonds,
promissory notes, bills of exchange and similar instruments and documents;

"Selection Committee" means the Horticultural Research and Development
Corporation Selection Committee;

"State" includes the Northern Territory;

"this Act" includes the regulations;

"vegetables" includes:

   (a)  mushrooms and other edible fungi; and

   (b)  processed vegetables (including mushrooms and other edible fungi).

(2) A reference in this Act to dealing with securities includes a reference
to:

   (a)  creating, executing, entering into, drawing, making, accepting,
        indorsing, issuing, discounting, selling, purchasing and reselling
        securities;

   (b)  creating, selling, purchasing and reselling rights and options in
        relation to securities; and

   (c)  entering into agreements and other arrangements in relation to
        securities.