This Act, consisting of 68 sections divided in eight Parts, provides for the establishment by Ministerial Order of Committees with one or more of the following functions: to promote marketing of agricultural commodities; to carry out or fund research into the production, handling, processing, marketing or promotion of agricultural commodities; to establish and manage a general fund and project funds for the purposes of this Act; to implement or fund pest and disease control measures for the protection of agricultural commodities; and to establish and manage funds to compensate producers for cost incurred in controlling or eradicating pests and diseases of agricultural commodities.
Australia · 1990-09-18