Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 143, 1978 - SECT 6

6. Section 9 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are
substituted: Functions of the Organization
''9. The functions of the Organization are-

   (a)  to carry out scientific research for any of the following purposes:

        (i)    assisting Australian industry;

        (ii)   furthering the interests of the Australian community;

        (iii)  contributing to the achievement of Australian national
               objectives or the performance of the national and international
               responsibilities of the Commonwealth;

        (iv)   any other purpose determined by the Minister;

   (b)  to encourage or facilitate the application or utilization of the
        results of such research;

   (c)  to act as a means of liaison between Australia and other countries in
        matters connected with scientific research;

   (d)  to train, and to assist in the training of, research workers in the
        field of science and to co-operate with tertiary-education
        institutions in relation to education in that field;

   (e)  to establish and award fellowships and studentships for research, and
        to make grants in aid of research, for a purpose referred to in
        paragraph (a);

   (f)  to recognize associations of persons engaged in industry for the
        purpose of carrying out industrial scientific research and to
        co-operate with, and make grants to, such associations;

   (g)  to establish, develop and maintain standards of measurement of
        physical quantities and, in relation to those standards-

        (i)    to promote their use;

        (ii)   to promote, and participate in, the development of calibration
               with respect to them; and

        (iii)  to take any other action with respect to them that the
               Executive thinks fit;

   (h)  to collect, interpret and disseminate information relating to
        scientific and technical matters; and

   (j)  to publish scientific and technical reports, periodicals and papers.
        Powers of the Organization
''9AA. The Organization has power to do all things necessary or convenient to
be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions and, in
particular, may-

   (a)  arrange for scientific research or other work to be undertaken, on
        behalf of the Organization, by any person or body;

   (b)  join in the formation of a partnership or company for the purpose of
        the commercial development of a discovery, invention or improvement
        the property of the Organization;

   (c)  make available to a person, on such conditions and on payment of such
        fees or royalties, or otherwise, as the Executive determines, a
        discovery, invention or improvement the property of the Organization;

   (d)  pay to officers, or to persons undertaking work on behalf of the
        Organization, such bonuses as the Executive, with the approval of the
        Minister, determines in respect of discoveries or inventions made by
        them; and

   (e)  charge such fees, and agree to such conditions, as the Executive
        thinks fit for research and other services carried out by the
        Organization at the request of any person. Institutes to be
        established
''9AB. (1) Officers of the Organization engaged in carrying out the scientific
research of the Organization shall be organized into Institutes established by
the Executive from time to time for the purpose.

''(2) The number of Institutes under sub-section (1) at any time shall not
exceed 6.

''(3) The Executive may direct an Institute to carry out such other work of
the Organization as it thinks fit.''.