Commonwealth Numbered Acts

RURAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH ACT 1985 No. 102, 1985 - SECT 9

9. (1) The money in a Research Fund that has been established in respect of
goods of a particular kind or kinds, being-

   (a)  in the case of a Research Fund other than the Barley Research Trust
        Fund or the Wheat Research Trust Fund, money standing to the credit of
        either of the accounts kept under sub-section 8 (1); or

   (b)  in the case of the Barley Research Trust Fund or the Wheat Research
        Trust Fund, money standing to the credit of an account kept in
        accordance with paragraph 8 (2) (a), may be paid out of that account-

   (c)  with the approval of the Research Council established in respect of
        goods of that kind or those kinds, for the purposes of research and
        development activities in respect of goods of that kind or those kinds
        that are included in an annual research and development program that
        has been prepared by that Research Council and that is in force at the
        time when the approval is given;

   (d)  in payment of the expenses incurred by that Research Council in the
        performance of its functions;

   (e)  in payment to the Commonwealth of amounts equal to the expenses
        incurred by the Commonwealth in the management of the investment of
        money standing to the credit of the Research Fund;

   (f)  in payment of remuneration and allowances payable to a member of that
        Research Council under section 19;

   (g)  in payment of remuneration and allowances payable to persons engaged
        under section 29 to advise that Research Council; and

   (h)  in payment to the Commonwealth of amounts equal to the amounts
        specified in notices given to that Research Council under section 58
        by the Selection Committee in respect of its activities in relation to
        the selection of members of that Research Council.

(2) The money in the Barley Research Trust Fund or the Wheat Research Trust
Fund, being money standing to the credit of an account kept in accordance with
paragraph 8 (2) (b) in relation to a State other than Tasmania, may be paid
out of that account-

   (a)  with the approval of the Research Committee established for that State
        in respect of goods of the kind or kinds in respect of which that
        Research Fund was established, for the purposes of
        research and development activities in respect of goods of that kind
        or those kinds that are included in an annual
        research and development program that has been prepared by that
        State Research Committee and that is in force at the time when the
        approval is given;

   (b)  in payment of expenses incurred by that State Research Committee in
        the performance of its functions;

   (c)  in payment of remuneration and allowances payable to a member of that
        State Research Committee under section 19; and

   (d)  in payment of remuneration and allowances payable to persons engaged
        under section 29 to advise that State Research Committee.

(3) The money in the Barley Research Trust Fund or the Wheat Research Trust
Fund, being money standing to the credit of an account kept in accordance with
paragraph 8 (2) (b) in relation to the State of Tasmania, may, with the
approval of the appropriate Minister of that State, be paid out of that
last-mentioned account for the purposes of undertaking such research and
development activities in respect of goods of the kind or kinds in respect of
which that Research Fund was established as the appropriate Minister of that
State determines to be of special significance for the State of Tasmania.

(4) A reference in paragraph (1) (d) to the expenses incurred by a Research
Council in the performance of its functions or in paragraph (2) (b) to the
expenses incurred by a State Research Committee in the performance of its
functions shall be taken to include a reference to expenses incurred by that
Research Council or State Research Committee, as the case requires, in respect
of the provision to it of administrative and clerical services if, and only
if, those services are provided by a person engaged under sub-section 29 (1)
or are provided under an arrangement entered into-

   (a)  in the case of a Research Council-pursuant to sub-section (5); or

   (b)  in the case of a State Research Committee-pursuant to sub-section (6).

(5) A Research Council may enter into an arrangement-

   (a)  with the Minister, on behalf of the Commonwealth; or

   (b)  with the approval of the Minister, with any other person or
        organization, for the provision of administrative and clerical
        services to that Research Council by the Commonwealth or that person
        or organization, as the case requires, and, where such an arrangement
        is entered into, any fee paid by that Research Council under that
        arrangement for the provision of those services shall be taken, for
        the purposes of this Act, to be an expense incurred by that
        Research Council in the performance of its functions.

(6) A State Research Committee may enter into an arrangement-

   (a)  with the Minister, on behalf of the Commonwealth; or

   (b)  with the approval of the Minister-

        (i)    with the appropriate Minister of the State in respect of which
               that State Research Committee has been established, on behalf
               of that State; or

        (ii)   with any other person or organization, for the provision of
               administrative and clerical services to that State
               Research Committee by the Commonwealth, that State, or that
               person or organization, as the case requires, and, where such
               an arrangement is entered into, any fee paid by the
               State Research Committee under that arrangement for the
               provision of those services shall be taken, for the purposes of
               this Act, to be an expense incurred by that
               State Research Committee in the performance of its functions.