AUSTRALIAN WOOL RESEARCH AND PROMOTION ORGANISATION REGULATIONS 1993 NO. 337

AUSTRALIAN WOOL RESEARCH AND PROMOTION ORGANISATION REGULATIONS 1993 NO. 337

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 337

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

AUSTRALIAN WOOL RESEARCH PROMOTION ORGANISATION ACT 1993

AUSTRALIAN WOOL RESEARCH AND PROMOTION ORGANISATION REGULATIONS

The Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation Act 1993 (the Act) provides for the Governor-General to make regulations for the purpose of prescribing all matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed.

The Act provides for the establishment of the Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation (AWRAP) and its functions, powers, membership and related matters. AWRAP, which will be responsible for generic promotion and research and development, will be established on 1 December 1993 when the Act commences by Proclamation.

Paragraph 28(6)(b) of the Act provides that certain persons from organisations prescribed by regulation may not be appointed as members of AWRAP, specifically excluding the president or chairperson of a prescribed organisation. An organisation may only be prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 28(6)(b) if it represents a sector of the wool industry.

The purpose of these Regulations is to exclude the president or chairperson of a number of peak wool industry organisations from appointment to AWRAP. The reason for this is to avoid any conflict of interest for, and maintain the impartiality of, members. It is also to make clear that members are to be appointed on the basis of having qualifications relevant to, or experience in, certain fields rather than being closely identified with, or representative of, specific sectoral interests.

A person holding the position of president or chairperson of such organisations is not excluded from consideration as a member of AWRAP but would need to be prepared to resign their position in order to be appointed.

The proposed Regulations prescribe relevant wool industry peak representative organisations for this purpose and will take effect on gazettal.