New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe Committee may:
(a) provide facilities, material or advice to banana growers, wholesalers or retailers relating to the marketing of bananas or banana products,
(b) establish a system of quality control for bananas in which persons may voluntarily participate,
(e) advertise and promote bananas and banana products,
(f) control, or develop means for controlling, pests or diseases if, in the Committee’s opinion, the pests or diseases pose a threat to the commercial viability of banana growers in the State,
(g) carry out research in relation to any matter if, in the Committee’s opinion, that research is of advantage to banana growers,
(h) conduct educational or instructional programmes relating to the production and marketing of bananas,
(i) develop and expand markets for bananas in New South Wales and elsewhere,
(j) establish a voluntary insurance scheme for the benefit of banana growers, including insurance relating to crops and equipment,
(k) undertake and provide banana market forecasting,
(l) establish systems of inspection of bananas for the purpose of pest or disease control if, in the Committee’s opinion, the pest or disease poses a threat to the commercial viability of banana growers in the State,
(o) support, with or without grant of financial aid and whether or not initiated by the Committee, any scheme or activity which, in the Committee’s opinion, is capable of assisting in the promotion or sale of bananas,
(o1) support, with or without grant of financial aid and whether or not initiated by the Committee, any group or body that assists the Committee in the exercise of the Committee’s functions under this Act,
(p) provide such other services as the Minister may authorise or direct, and
(q) arrange for the provision of any of the services or the exercise of any of the functions referred to in the preceding paragraphs, in whole or part, by any other person.