The 62 sections of this Act are divided into 8 Parts, i.e. Preliminary (I); Research funds (II); Agreements on research and development funding (IIA); Administration of research and development funding (III); Certain payments into, and out of the Fund (IVA); Reorganization of funds and councils (IVB); Research Councils Selection Committee (V); Miscellaneous (VI). The objects of this Act are: (a) to make provision for the funding and administration of research and development, in respect of goods of kinds that are subject to levies in relation to which the regulations declare as mentioned in subsection 5 (1), (2), (3) or (4), with a view to: (i) increasing the commercial returns to members of the industry concerned with goods of those kinds and to the community in general by improving the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of goods of those kinds; (ii) making more effective use of the resources and skills of the community in general and of the scientific community in particular, etc. "Goods" in this Act has the meaning of: (a) an animal or a plant, or a part of an animal or a plant; or (b) an article or a substance derived from an animal or a plant, whether or not in combination with any other article or substance (sect. 3).
Australie · 1985-10-03