MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985
- Updated as at 7 February 1994 (HISTACT CHAP 1784 #DATE 07:02:1994)
*1* The Meat Research Corporation Act 1985 as shown in this reprint comprises
Act No. 12, 1985 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts
Act Date Date of Application
Number and of assent commencement saving or
year transitional
provisions
Australian Meat and Live-stock Research and Development
Corporation Act 1985
12, 1985 7 May 1985 Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent
Remainder: 1 July 1985 (see
Gazette 1985, No. S245)
Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Legislation Amendment Act
1987
155, 1987 26 Dec 1987 Ss. 11-15 and 31-35: 1 Mar
1988 (see Gazette 1988, No.
S54)
Remainder: Royal Assent
S. 45
Primary Industries (Recovery of Levy Collection Expenses) Act
1988
51, 1988 15 June 1988 S. 3: Royal Assent (a)
-
Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3)
1989
16, 1990 17 Jan 1990 Ss. 3-20, 22, 24, 25 and 27:
1 Feb 1990 (see Gazette 1990,
No. S16)
Ss. 21 and 23: 1 July 1990
S. 29 (2): 1 July 1990
S. 29 (3): 1 July 1989
Remainder: Royal Assent
-
Cattle Industry Legislation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990
139, 1990 28 Dec 1990 1 Feb 1991 (see s. 2 and
Gazette 1991, No. S11)
-
Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Consequential
Provisions) Act 1991
26, 1991 1 Mar 1991 1 July 1991 (see s. 2)
S. 5
Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 1991
39, 1991 27 Mar 1991 Ss. 3 (1) (Schedule (Part 1))
and 4: 1 July 1991
Remainder: Royal Assent
S. 4
Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 1993
35, 1993 20 Sept 1993 20 Sept 1993 -
Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 1993
94, 1993 16 Dec 1993 Parts 11 and 12 (ss. 47-65):
1 Jan 1994
S. 69 (1) (b): 1 July 1989
Remainder: Royal Assent
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(a) The Meat Research Corporation Act 1985 was amended by section 3 only of
the Primary Industries (Recovery of Levy Collection Expenses) Act 1988,
subsection 2 (1) of which provides as follows:
"(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), this Act commences on the day
on which it receives the Royal Assent."
Table of Amendments
ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
Title am. No. 39, 1991
S. 1 am. No. 39, 1991
S. 3 am. No. 155, 1987; No. 39, 1991
S. 4 am. No. 39, 1991
S. 5 am. No. 94, 1993
S. 6 am. No. 139, 1990; No. 35, 1993
S. 7 am. No. 155, 1987; No. 16, 1990; No. 35,
1993
S. 12 am. No. 35, 1993
Ss. 19A, 19B ad. No. 35, 1993
S. 21 am. No. 139, 1990
S. 22 am. No. 155, 1987; No. 139, 1990
S. 22A ad. No. 139, 1990
S. 23 am. No. 155, 1987; No. 139, 1990
S. 24 am. No. 155, 1987; Nos. 16 and 139, 1990
S. 25 am. No. 155, 1987; No. 35, 1993
S. 26 am. No. 139, 1990
S. 27 am. No. 155, 1987; No. 139, 1990; No. 35,
1993
Heading to Part V rs. No. 155, 1987
Heading to Div. 1 of Part V
rs. No. 155, 1987
S. 30 rs. No. 155, 1987
am. No. 94, 1993
Ss. 31-33 am. No. 155, 1987
S. 34 rep. No. 155, 1987
S. 35 rs. No. 155, 1987
am. No. 94, 1993
S. 36 am. No. 155, 1987
S. 37 am. No. 16, 1990
S. 39 rs. No. 35, 1993
S. 39A ad. No. 35, 1993
Ss. 40, 41 am. No. 16, 1990
S. 42 am. No. 51, 1988; No. 139, 1990; Nos. 26 and
39, 1991
S. 42A ad. No. 39, 1991
S. 44 am. No. 51, 1988; No. 139, 1990; No. 39,
1991
S. 47 am. No. 39, 1991
S. 48 am. No. 16, 1990
S. 50 am. No. 94, 1993
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
PART I - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
PART II - ESTABLISHMENT, OBJECTS, FUNCTIONS AND
POWERS OF CORPORATION
4. Establishment
5. Objects
6. Functions
7. Powers
8. Agreements relating to meat and live-stock research and
development etc.
9. Corporation may participate in joint ventures
10. Corporation may consult industry representatives
PART III - CONSTITUTION AND MEETINGS OF CORPORATION
11. Nature of Corporation
12. Constitution
13. Term of office of certain members
14. Acting Chairperson
15. Leave of absence of certain members
16. Resignation of certain members
17. Termination of appointment of certain members
18. Disclosure of interests
19. Meetings
19A. Conduct of meetings
19B. Resolutions without meetings
20. Committees
PART IV - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE INDUSTRY
21. Interpretation
22. Corporation to convene annual general meeting
22A. Certain motions may not be moved
23. Persons proposing to move certain motions to inform the
Corporation
24. Corporation to give notice of meeting and motions
25. Proxies
26. Conduct of meetings
27. Voting at annual general meetings
28. Motions of no confidence
29. Policy Council to receive copy of resolutions
PART V - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ANNUAL
OPERATIONAL PLANS
Division 1 - The Research and Development Plan
30. Corporation to prepare and review research and
development plan
31. Approval of research and development plan and of
revisions following review
32. Variation of research and development plan by
Corporation otherwise than following review
33. Variation of research and development plan at request
of Minister
Division 2 - Annual Operational Plans
35. Corporation to prepare annual operational plans
36. Approval of annual operational plans
PART VI - STAFF
Division 1 - The Executive Director
37. Executive Director
38. Acting Executive Director
39. Duties of Executive Director
39A. Delegation by Executive Director
40. Effect of motion of no confidence on Executive Director
Division 2 - Other staff and consultants
41. Other staff and consultants
PART VII - FINANCE
42. Payments to Corporation
42A. Commonwealth's matching payments not to exceed certain
proportion of production
43. Raising of money by Corporation
44. Application of money of Corporation
45. Liability to taxation
46. Application to Corporation of Division 2 of Part XI of
the Audit Act 1901
PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
47. Minister may cause certain properties to be transferred
to Corporation
48. Remuneration and allowances
49. Delegation
50. Matters to be included in annual report
51. Regulations
SCHEDULE
LAND IN RESPECT OF WHICH A DECLARATION MAY
BE MADE UNDER SUB-SECTION 47 (1)
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - LONG TITLE
SECT
An Act to establish a Meat Research Corporation,
and for related purposes
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - PART I
PART I - PRELIMINARY
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 1
Short title
SECT
1. This Act may be cited as the Meat Research Corporation Act 1985.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 2
Commencement
SECT
2.*1* (1) Sections 1 and 2 shall come into operation on the day on which
this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on a day
to be fixed by Proclamation.
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 3
Interpretation
SECT
3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"acting Chairperson" means the member appointed to act as Chairperson under
subsection 14 (1);
"annual general meeting" means a meeting that the Corporation is required to
convene under section 22;
"annual operational plan" means a plan required to be developed by the
Corporation in accordance with section 35;
"appoint" includes re-appoint;
"Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation" means the corporation of that
name established by section 6 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation Act 1977;
"Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Policy Council" means the council
of that name established by section 4 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Industry Policy Council Act 1984;
"Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Selection Committee" means the
committee of that name established by section 4 of the Australian Meat and
Live-stock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984;
"cattle" means bovine animals other than buffaloes;
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Corporation;
"Corporation" means the Meat Research Corporation established by section 4;
"edible offal" means any edible portion, other than the flesh, of
live-stock;
"eligible industry body" means:
(a) the Cattle Council of Australia;
(b) the Sheepmeat Council of Australia;
(c) the Australian Meat Exporters' Federal Council; or
(d) a body prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of the provision
in which the expression "eligible industry body" is used;
"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Corporation;
"government member" means the person appointed under section 12 or 28 to be
the government member of the Corporation;
"live-stock" means cattle, buffaloes, sheep, lambs, goats or any other class
of animals that is from time to time prescribed for the purposes of this
definition;
"meat" means the flesh, whether fresh or preserved, of live-stock and
includes meat by-products, meat products and edible offal;
"meat and live-stock industry" means the Australian meat and live-stock
industry;
"meat by-product" includes a hide, tallow and meat meal;
"meat product" means food prepared from or containing meat, and includes
canned meat;
"meat and live-stock research and development" means systematic
experimentation or analysis in any field of science, technology or economics
carried out with the object of:
(a) acquiring knowledge that may be of use for the purpose of improving any
aspect of the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of meat
or live-stock; or
(b) applying knowledge for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a);
"meat and live-stock research and development activity" means:
(a) a meat and live-stock research and development project;
(b) the training of persons to carry out meat and live-stock research and
development;
(c) the dissemination of information, or the provision of advice and
assistance, to members of the meat and live-stock industry for the purpose of
encouraging those members to follow practices, or to adopt technological
developments, that have been designed or adapted to improve the operation or
efficiency of the part of the industry in which they are engaged;
(d) the publication of reports, periodicals, books or papers containing
information related to any aspect of meat and live-stock research and
development; or
(e) any activity incidental to an activity referred to in paragraph (a),
(b), (c) or (d);
"meat and live-stock research and development project" means a project for
meat and live-stock research and development;
"member" means a member of the Corporation;
"research and development plan" means the plan developed by the Corporation
in accordance with section 30;
"the industry" means the Australian meat and live-stock industry.
(2) For the purposes of this Act:
(a) where the Chairperson or the acting Chairperson is a man, he may be
referred to as the Chairman or the acting Chairman, as the case may be; and
(b) where the Chairperson or acting Chairperson is a woman, she may be
referred to as the Chairwoman or the acting Chairwoman, as the case may be.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - PART II
PART II - ESTABLISHMENT, OBJECTS, FUNCTIONS
AND POWERS OF CORPORATION
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 4
Establishment
SECT
4. There is established by this Act a corporation by the name of the Meat
Research Corporation.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 5
Objects
SECT
5. The objects of the establishment of the Corporation are:
(a) to improve the productivity and market performance of the meat and
live-stock industry by:
(i) identifying more precisely areas of meat and live-stock
research and development that are relevant to the needs of that industry;
(ii) improving the efficiency and effectiveness of meat and
live-stock research and development; and
(iii) encouraging the more effective use of the resources and
skills of the community in general and the scientific community in particular
in meat and live-stock research and development; and
(aa) to further the sustainable use and sustainable management of natural
resources;
(b) to improve accountability for expenditure upon meat and live-stock
research and development activities.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 6
Functions
SECT
6. The functions of the Corporation are:
(a) to investigate and evaluate the needs of the meat and live-stock
industry for meat and live-stock research and development and, on the basis of
that investigation and evaluation, to develop research and development plans;
(b) to develop, for each year of a period covered by a research and
development plan, an annual operational plan;
(c) to co-ordinate and fund meat and live-stock research and development
activities that have been specified in an annual operational plan;
(d) to monitor, and report to the Parliament and to the meat and live-stock
industry on, the research and development activities funded by the
Corporation;
(e) to make recommendations to the Minister with respect to the amounts to
be prescribed from time to time for the purposes of:
(i) paragraph 6 (1) (b), 6A (1) (b), 6B (1) (b), 6C (1) (b),
6D (1) (b), 6E (1) (b) or 6F (1) (b) of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act
1964; or
(ii) paragraph 7 (1) (b), 8 (1) (b), 9 (1) (b), 10 (1) (b) or
11 (1) (b) of the Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977; or
(iii) paragraph 6 (1) (b) of the Beef Production Levy Act
1990; or
(iv) paragraph 6 (1) (b) of the Cattle Export Charge Act
1990; or
(v) paragraphs 6 (1) (b) or 6 (2) (b) of the Cattle
Transaction Levy Act 1990; and
(ea) to facilitate the dissemination, adoption and commercialisation of the
results of meat and livestock research and development;
(f) such other functions in connection with the meat and live-stock industry
as are conferred on the Corporation by this Act or the regulations.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 7
Powers
SECT
7. (1) Subject to this Act, the Corporation has power to do all things
necessary or convenient to be done for, or in connection with, the performance
of its functions.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the powers of the
Corporation referred to in that subsection include the power:
(a) to make applications, including joint applications, for patents; and
(b) to deal with patents vested in the Corporation.
(4) To the extent that it is practicable to do so, the Corporation shall
endeavour to ensure that the exercise at any time of the powers conferred on
it by this Act is consistent with, and designed to give effect to, the
provisions of the research and development plan and the applicable annual
operational plan.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 8
Agreements relating to meat and live-stock research and development etc.
SECT
8. (1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 7 (1), the Corporation
may enter into an agreement with another person, an authority or an
organization for the purposes of, or for purposes in connection with, the
funding by the Corporation of a meat and live-stock research and development
activity that has been specified by the Corporation in the annual operational
plan that is in force at the time when the agreement is entered into.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), an agreement made by
the Corporation with a person, authority or organization under that subsection
in relation to money that is to be provided by the Corporation may:
(a) provide for:
(i) the money provided under the agreement, and any property
acquired with that money or with money that includes that money, to be used
only for the purposes specified in the agreement; and
(ii) the payment by the person, authority or organization to
the Corporation of an amount equal to the whole, or such part as the
Corporation determines, of the money provided under the agreement if any of
the money provided under the agreement or any of the property referred to in
subparagraph (i) is used for a purpose not specified in the agreement;
(b) provide for the payment by the person, authority or organization to the
Corporation for the purposes of the Corporation, of an amount equal to the
whole, or such part as the Corporation determines, of any net income derived
by the person, authority or organization from:
(i) property acquired with money provided under the agreement
or with money that includes that money; or
(ii) interests in, rights to apply for patents in respect of,
or patents for, inventions made, or any other property acquired, in the course
of carrying out a meat and live-stock research and development activity to
which the agreement relates or doing any other act or thing with that money or
with money that includes that money;
(c) provide for the assignment by the person, authority or organization to
the Corporation of any property referred to in subparagraph (b) (i), of any
interests, rights, patents or other property referred to in subparagraph (b)
(ii); and
(d) provide for the payment by the person, authority or organization to the
Corporation for the purposes of the Corporation in the event of the disposal,
otherwise than to the Corporation, of any property of a kind referred to in
paragraph (b), of an amount equal to the whole, or such part as the
Corporation determines:
(i) in the case of a disposal by way of sale or assignment
for value - of the net proceeds of the sale or assignment; and
(ii) in any other case - of the value of the property as
determined by the Corporation.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a meat and live-stock research and
development activity shall be taken to have been specified by the Corporation
in an annual operational plan if that activity is included within a class of
meat and live-stock research and development activities that are described in
that plan as activities of the kind that the Corporation is prepared to fund.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 9
Corporation may participate in joint ventures
SECT
9. (1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 7 (1), the Corporation
may enter into an agreement with another person, an authority or an
organization to undertake a joint venture.
(2) A joint venture referred to in subsection (1) shall be undertaken for a
purpose that is, or for purposes that are, consistent with the objectives of
the Corporation set out in the research and development plan in force at the
time when the agreement to undertake the joint venture is entered into.
(3) Without limiting the generality of the matters that may be dealt with in
an agreement entered into in respect of a joint venture, such an agreement
shall specify:
(a) the objectives of the joint venture;
(b) the expected duration of the joint venture;
(c) the nature and extent of the contribution to be made by the Corporation
towards the joint venture; and
(d) the basis for the distribution of profits or other benefits derived from
the joint venture.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 10
Corporation may consult industry representatives
SECT
10. (1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 7 (1), the Corporation
may, for the purpose of considering any matter relating to the performance of
its functions, make arrangements for consulting persons and bodies
representative of different sectors of the industry.
(2) An arrangement entered into by the Corporation under subsection (1) in
relation to consultations by the Corporation with a person or body may include
an agreement by the Corporation to meet the costs and expenses reasonably
incurred by that person or body in connection with those consultations.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - PART III
PART III - CONSTITUTION AND MEETINGS OF CORPORATION
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 11
Nature of Corporation
SECT
11. (1) The Corporation:
(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession;
(b) shall have a common seal;
(c) may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; and
(d) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(2) The seal of the Corporation shall be kept in such custody as the
Corporation directs and shall not be used except as authorized by the
Corporation.
(3) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial
notice of the imprint of the seal of the Corporation appearing on a document
and shall presume that the document was duly sealed.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 12
Constitution
SECT
12. (1) The Corporation shall consist of 11 members, namely:
(a) a Chairperson;
(b) a government member;
(c) the Executive Director; and
(d) 8 other members.
(2) The members, other than the Executive Director, shall be appointed by
the Minister.
(3) Members appointed by the Minister shall hold office as part-time
members.
(4) The Minister shall not appoint a person to be the government member
unless the Minister is satisfied that the person has a knowledge of, and
experience in, the formulation of government policy and in public
administration.
(5) The members referred to in paragraph (1) (d) shall be appointed from
persons nominated by the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Selection
Committee in accordance with section 10C of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Industry Selection Committee Act 1984.
(7) The performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the
Corporation is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy or
vacancies in the membership of the Corporation.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 13
Term of office of certain members
SECT
13. (1) A member:
(a) shall be appointed with effect from such day as the Minister specifies
in the instrument of appointment of the member; and
(b) holds office, subject to this Act:
(i) in the case of a member referred to in paragraph 12 (1)
(a) or (d) - for such term, not exceeding 3 years, as the Minister specifies
in the instrument of appointment of the member, but is eligible for
re-appointment; and
(ii) in the case of the government member - during the
Minister's pleasure.
(2) If a member referred to in paragraph 12 (1) (a) or (d) ceases to hold
office before the end of the period of his or her appointment, another person
may, in accordance with this Part, be appointed in his or her place until the
end of the period.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 14
Acting Chairperson
SECT
14. (1) The Minister may appoint one of the members referred to in paragraph
12 (1) (d) to act as Chairperson:
(a) during a vacancy in the office of Chairperson, whether or not an
appointment has previously been made to the office; or
(b) during a period, or during all periods, when the Chairperson is absent
from duty or from Australia, or is for any other reason, unable to perform the
duties of his or her office;
but a member appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act
after the expiration of 12 months commencing on the day on which the vacancy
occurred.
(2) An appointment of a member under subsection (1) may be expressed to have
effect only in such circumstances as are specified in the instrument of
appointment.
(3) The Minister may:
(a) determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including
remuneration and allowances, of a member acting as Chairperson; and
(b) terminate such an appointment at any time.
(4) Where a member is acting as Chairperson in accordance with paragraph (1)
(b) and the office of Chairperson becomes vacant while that member is so
acting, the member may continue so to act until the Minister otherwise
directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12 months commencing on the day
on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first happens.
(5) The appointment of a member to act as Chairperson ceases to have effect
if the member resigns that appointment by writing signed by the member and
delivered to the Minister.
(6) While the member is acting as Chairperson, he or she has and may
exercise all the powers, and shall perform all the functions, of the
Chairperson under this Act.
(7) The validity of anything done by, or in relation to, a member purporting
to act under subsection (1) shall not be called in question on the ground that
the occasion for the appointment of the member had not arisen, that there is a
defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment of the member,
that the appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for the
member to act had not arisen or had ceased.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 15
Leave of absence of certain members
SECT
15. (1) The Minister may grant leave of absence to the Chairperson upon such
terms and conditions as the Minister thinks fit.
(2) The Chairperson may grant leave of absence to another member, other than
the Executive Director, upon such terms and conditions as the Chairperson
thinks fit.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 16
Resignation of certain members
SECT
16. A member, other than the Executive Director, may resign the office of
member by writing signed by the member and delivered to the Minister.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 17
Termination of appointment of certain members
SECT
17. (1) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a member for
misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.
(2) If:
(a) a member becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for
the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her
creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their
benefit;
(b) a member fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with his or her
obligations under section 18;
(c) the Chairperson is absent, except with the leave of the Minister, from 3
consecutive meetings of the Corporation; or
(d) a member other than the Chairperson is absent, except with the leave of
the Chairperson, from 3 consecutive meetings of the Corporation;
the Minister shall terminate the appointment of the member concerned.
(3) This section does not apply to the member who is the Executive Director.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 18
Disclosure of interests
SECT
18. (1) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter
being considered or about to be considered by the Corporation, being an
interest that could conflict with the proper performance of the member's
functions in relation to the consideration of the matter, shall, as soon as
practicable after the relevant facts have come to the member's knowledge,
disclose the nature of that interest at a meeting of the Corporation.
(2) A disclosure under subsection (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of
the meeting of the Corporation.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 19
Meetings
SECT
19. (1) Subject to this section, meetings of the Corporation shall be held
at such times and places as the Corporation from time to time determines.
(2) The Chairperson may at any time convene a meeting of the Corporation.
(3) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Corporation at
which he or she is present.
(4) If, at a meeting of the Corporation, the Chairperson is not present, the
members present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.
(5) At a meeting of the Corporation:
(a) 6 members constitute a quorum;
(b) all questions shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members
present and voting; and
(c) the member presiding has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an
equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
(6) The Corporation shall keep a record of its proceedings.
(7) The Corporation may invite a person to attend a meeting of the
Corporation for the purpose of advising or informing the Corporation on any
matter.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 19A
Conduct of meetings
SECT
19A. (1) The Corporation may, subject to section 19, regulate proceedings at
its meetings as it considers appropriate.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Corporation may permit a member to
participate in a meeting by telephone or any other means of communication.
(3) A member who is permitted to participate in a meeting under subsection
(2) is to be regarded as being present at that meeting.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 19B
Resolutions without meetings
SECT
19B. If the Corporation so determines, a resolution is to be taken to have
been passed at a meeting of the Corporation if:
(a) without meeting, a majority of the number of members indicate agreement
with the resolution in accordance with the method determined by the
Corporation; and
(b) that majority would, if present at a meeting of the Corporation and
entitled to vote on the resolution at that meeting, have constituted a quorum
under section 19.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 20
Committees
SECT
20. (1) The Corporation may appoint a committee to assist the Corporation in
relation to a matter.
(2) A committee appointed under this section shall consist of such persons,
whether members of the Corporation or not, as the Corporation thinks fit.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - PART IV
PART IV - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE INDUSTRY
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 21
Interpretation
SECT
21. (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
"person" includes a partnership and the trustee or trustees, from time to
time, of a trust estate;
"register" means a register established by the Australian Meat and
Live-stock Corporation under subsection 30J (1), (1A) or (2) of the Australian
Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977 and maintained by that Corporation
under that Act.
(2) Where, under this Part, rights are conferred upon a partnership to
participate at an annual general meeting, those rights shall be exercised on
behalf of the partnership by one only of the members of the partnership or by
such other person as the partnership appoints as its proxy in accordance with
section 25.
(3) Where, under this Part, rights are conferred on the trustee or trustees,
from time to time, of a trust estate to participate at an annual general
meeting, those rights shall be exercised:
(a) by the trustee, or, in the case where there is more than one trustee, by
one only of the trustees; or
(b) by such other person as the trustee appoints as his or her proxy, or the
trustees appoint as their proxy, in accordance with section 25.
(4) A reference in this Part to the day of closure of a register for the
purposes of an annual general meeting is a reference to the day specified in
the notice of that meeting that is published in accordance with subsection 22
(2) as the day by which applications from persons seeking to be entered on a
register for the purpose of enabling them to vote at the annual general
meeting must be received by the Corporation.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 22
Corporation to convene annual general meeting
SECT
22. (1) The Corporation shall cause an annual general meeting of the
industry to be convened at a time and a place determined by the Corporation.
(1A) The Corporation shall ensure:
(a) that an annual general meeting of the industry is held in each financial
year; and
(b) that a period of not more than 15 months elapses between an annual
general meeting of the industry and the next annual general meeting of the
industry.
(2) The Corporation shall, not later than 70 days before the day on which an
annual general meeting of the industry is to be held, cause a notice to be
published in the Gazette specifying:
(a) the day, time and place of the annual general meeting;
(b) particulars of any recommendation that the Corporation proposes to make
to the Minister with respect to the making of regulations:
(i) prescribing the rate of levy under the Live-stock
Slaughter Levy Act 1964 for the purposes of a paragraph referred to in
subparagraph 6 (e) (i) of this Act; or
(ii) prescribing the rate of charge under the Live-stock
Export Charge Act 1977 for the purposes of a paragraph referred to in
subparagraph 6 (e) (ii) of this Act; or
(iii) prescribing the rate of levy under the Beef Production
Levy Act 1990 for the purposes of the paragraph referred to in subparagraph 6
(e) (iii) of this Act; or
(iv) prescribing the rate of charge under the Catttle Export
Charge Act 1990 for the purposes of the paragraph referred to in subparagraph
6 (e) (iv) of this Act; or
(v) prescribing the rate of levy under the Cattle Transaction
Levy Act 1990 for the purposes of a paragraph referred to in subparagraph 6
(e) (v) of this Act; and
(c) the day by which applications from persons seeking to be entered on a
register for the purpose of enabling them to vote at the annual general
meeting must be received by the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation.
(3) The Corporation may, in addition to the publication, in accordance with
subsection (2), of a notice in the Gazette setting out particulars in respect
of an annual general meeting, cause those particulars to be made public, in
its discretion, at any time or from time to time, during the period commencing
on the publication of that notice and ending on the day of closure of the
registers for the purposes of that meeting, in such other manner or manners as
the Corporation determines to be appropriate.
(4) The purpose of an annual general meeting is to provide an opportunity to
persons concerned with the industry:
(a) to consider the most recent annual report of the Corporation;
(b) to receive an address by the Chairperson with respect to the performance
of the Corporation in the year to which the annual report relates and with
respect to the economic outlook for the industry, and the intended performance
of the Corporation, in the year next following that year;
(c) to question the members of the Corporation concerning any aspect of the
Corporation's activities during the year to which the annual report relates
and any aspect of the intended activities of the Corporation; and
(d) to debate, and vote upon:
(i) any motion relating to a matter within the
responsibilities of the Corporation other than a matter relating to the making
of regulations prescribing a rate of levy or charge referred to in a
subparagraph (2) (b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v);
(ii) any motion moved on behalf of the Corporation to endorse
a recommendation that the Corporation proposes to make to the Minister in
relation to the making of such regulations, being a recommendation particulars
of which are specified in the notice of the meeting published in accordance
with subsection 22 (2); or
(iii) any motion of no confidence in the Chairperson or in
the Corporation.
(5) So far as it is practicable to do so consistent with the obligations
imposed on the Corporation by this Act and on the Australian Meat and
Live-stock Corporation by the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act
1977, the annual general meeting of the industry shall be convened on the same
day as the annual general meeting of the industry required to be convened by
the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation under subsection 30B (1) of the
Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 22A
Certain motions may not be moved
SECT
22A. (1) A person may not move a motion relating to the making of
regulations prescribing:
(a) the rate of charge on the export of cattle under the Live-stock Export
Charge Act 1977 at an annual general meeting convened at any time while that
rate is, under subsection 7 (3) of that Act, $0.00 per head of cattle
exported; or
(b) the rate of charge under the Cattle Export Charge Act 1990 at an annual
general meeting convened on or after the day a declaration under section 7A of
the Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977 is expressed to come into force; or
(c) the rate of levy on the slaughter of cattle under the Live-stock
Slaughter Levy Act 1964 at an annual general meeting convened at any time
while that rate is, under subsection 6 (3) of that Act, $0.00 per head of
cattle slaughtered; or
(d) the rate of levy on the slaughter of calves under the Live-stock
Slaughter Levy Act 1964 at an annual general meeting convened at any time
while that rate is, under subsection 6E (3) of that Act, $0.00 per head of
calves slaughtered; or
(e) the rate of levy on the slaughter of bobby calves under the Live-stock
Slaughter Levy Act 1964 at an annual general meeting convened at any time
while that rate is, under subsection 6F (3) of that Act, $0.00 per head of
bobby calves slaughtered; or
(f) the rate of levy under the Beef Production Levy Act 1990 or the Cattle
Transaction Levy Act 1990 at an annual general meeting convened on or after
the day a declaration under section 6G of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act
1964 is expressed to come into force.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 23
Persons proposing to move certain motions to inform the Corporation
SECT
23. (1) A person who proposes to move, at an annual general meeting, a
motion of the kind referred to in subparagraph 22 (4) (d) (i) may give to the
Corporation a notice in writing setting out the terms of the motion that the
person proposes to move.
(2) A person who proposes to move, at an annual general meeting, a motion of
the kind referred to in subparagraph 22 (4) (d) (iii) shall give to the
Corporation, not less than 56 days before the intended day of the annual
general meeting, a notice in writing setting out the terms of the motion that
the person proposes to move.
(3) A person who gives to the Corporation a notice of a motion that the
person proposes to move at an annual general meeting:
(a) may include in that notice a statement, not exceeding 1,000 words in
length, in support of that motion; and
(b) may include in that notice, or in a notice in writing given to the
Corporation at any time before the day of closure of the registers for the
purpose of the annual general meeting, such evidence of support for the motion
by persons who are entered on one or more of the registers as the person
considers appropriate.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 24
Corporation to give notice of meeting and motions
SECT
24. (1) The Corporation shall, not later than 42 days before the intended
day of an annual general meeting, send to each person who was, on the day of
closure of the registers for the purposes of that meeting, entered on one or
more of those registers, at the address of that person last known to the
Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation:
(a) a notice advising that person of the day, time and place of the meeting
and setting out:
(i) the terms of any motion proposed to be moved on behalf of
the Corporation for the purpose of endorsing a recommendation of a kind
referred to in paragraph 22 (2) (b) and any statement in support of that
motion that the Corporation thinks appropriate to circulate;
(ii) if the Corporation has received notice under subsection
23 (1) of any motion intended to be moved at that meeting and that notice was
received not later than 56 days before the intended day of the meeting - the
terms of that motion and of any statement given to the Corporation in support
of that motion in accordance with subsection 23 (3); and
(iii) if the Corporation has received notice under subsection
23 (2) of any motion - the terms of that motion and of any statement given to
the Corporation in support of that motion in accordance with subsection 23
(3);
(b) a copy of the last annual report of the Corporation; and
(c) a proxy form, being a document the form of which is approved by the
Minister for the purposes of subsection 25 (3).
(2) The Corporation shall not include in a notice sent under subsection (1)
particulars of a motion of which it has received notice under subsection 23
(1) or (2) unless the Corporation is satisfied, in relation to the motion:
(a) that the person proposing to move the motion was, on the day of closure
of the registers for the purposes of the annual general meeting, entered on
one or more of the registers; and
(b) that the motion has the support of not less than 50 persons who are, on
the day of closure of the registers for the purposes of the annual general
meeting, entered on one or more of the registers.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 25
Proxies
SECT
25. (1) A person entitled to attend and vote at an annual general meeting
may appoint the Chairperson or some other person, being a natural person, to
be his or her proxy to attend the meeting and to vote on all matters arising
at the meeting or on such particular matters as are specified in the
instrument of appointment of the proxy.
(2) Where a person has received from the Corporation notice of a motion to
be put at an annual general meeting, the person may, in the instrument
appointing a person to be his or her proxy, specify that the proxy is to
exercise that person's vote on that motion in a particular way, in which case
the proxy is not entitled to exercise his or her vote on that motion otherwise
than in that way.
(3) An instrument appointing a proxy is not effective unless it is in a form
approved by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection and is signed by
the person making the appointment.
(4) A person claiming to be a proxy of another person is not entitled to act
as proxy of that other person at an annual general meeting unless he or she
has lodged the instrument by which he or she is appointed, or a facsimile of
the instrument, with the Corporation not less than 3 days before the intended
day of the meeting.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 26
Conduct of meetings
SECT
26. (1) An annual general meeting may be attended by:
(a) the members of the Corporation;
(b) persons who are entered on one or more of the registers at the day of
closure of the registers for the purposes of the annual general meeting and
who have not ceased, since that day, to be entitled to be entered on at least
one of the registers;
(c) persons, other than persons referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (d), to
whom proxies have been granted; and
(d) such members of the staff of the Corporation as the Chairperson
determines to be appropriate, having regard to the requirement of subsection
28 (1) that a member of the staff of the Corporation preside at the annual
general meeting during consideration by that meeting of a motion of no
confidence in the Chairperson or in the Corporation and to the effective
performance of the other functions of the Corporation associated with the
conduct of the meeting.
(2) Subject to subsection 28 (1), the Chairperson shall preside at an annual
general meeting at which he or she is present.
(3) The Corporation shall cause a record to be kept of the proceedings
conducted at the annual general meeting.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 27
Voting at annual general meetings
SECT
27. (1) Subject to subsection (3), where a person is entered on the register
referred to in subsection 30J (1) of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation Act 1977 on the day of closure of that register for the purposes
of an annual general meeting and the person has not, since that day, ceased to
be entitled to be entered on that register, the person is entitled to vote,
either in person or by proxy, in his or her capacity as a person entered on
that register, on any matter to be determined at the meeting other than a
matter relating to the making of regulations prescribing:
(a) the rate of levy on the slaughter of cattle, calves or bobby calves
under the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964; or
(b) the rate of charge on the export of cattle under the Live-stock Export
Charge Act 1977; or
(c) the rate of levy under the Beef Production Levy Act 1990; or
(d) the rate of charge under the Cattle Export Charge Act 1990; or
(e) the rate of levy under the Cattle Transaction Levy Act 1990;
and, for the purpose of so voting, to cast such number of votes as is
calculated in accordance with a method determined by the regulations made
under the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977, being a method
that has regard to particulars entered on the register with respect to the
live-stock, other than cattle, that are owned by the person.
(1A) Subject to subsection (3), where a person is entered on the register
referred to in subsection 30J (1A) of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation Act 1977 on the day of closure of that register for the purposes
of an annual general meeting and the person has not, since that day, ceased to
be entitled to be entered on that register, the person is entitled to vote,
either in person or by proxy, in his or her capacity as a person entered on
that register, on any matter to be determined at the meeting other than a
matter relating to the making of regulations prescribing:
(a) the rate of levy on the slaughter of live-stock, not being cattle,
calves or bobby calves, under the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964; or
(b) the rate of charge on the export of live-stock, not being cattle, under
the Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977;
and, for the purpose of so voting, to cast such number of votes as is
calculated in accordance with a method determined by the regulations made
under the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977, being a method
that has regard to particulars entered on the register with respect to the
cattle that are owned by the person.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where a person is entered on the register
referred to in subsection 30J (2) of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation Act 1977 on the day of closure of that register for the purposes
of an annual general meeting and the person has not, since that day, ceased to
be entitled to be entered on that register, the person is entitled to vote,
either in person or by proxy, in his or her capacity as a person entered on
that register, upon any matter to be determined at the meeting and for that
purpose to exercise one vote.
(3) Where a person is entered on more than one register, the person is
entitled, in relation to any motion, to vote in his or her capacity as a
person who is entered on one of those registers and also to vote in his or her
capacity as a person who is entered on any other of those registers.
(4) Subject to subsection (7), a motion referred to in subparagraph 22 (4)
(d) (i) shall be taken to have been passed at an annual general meeting if,
and only if:
(a) the total number of votes cast by virtue of subsections (1) and (1A) in
support of the motion is a majority of the votes cast by virtue of those
subsections on the motion; and
(b) the number of votes cast by virtue of subsection (2) in support of the
motion is a majority of the votes cast by virtue of that subsection on the
motion.
(5) A motion referred to in subparagraph 22 (4) (d) (ii) must be taken to
have been passed at an annual general meeting if, and only if:
(a) the number of votes cast by virtue of subsection (1) or (1A) (whichever
is appropriate) in support of the motion is a majority of the votes cast by
virtue of that subsection on the motion; and
(b) the number of votes cast by virtue of subsection (2) in support of the
motion is a majority of the votes cast by virtue of that subsection on the
motion.
(6) A motion referred to in subparagraph 22 (4) (d) (iii) must be taken to
have been passed at an annual general meeting if, and only if:
(a) the total number of votes cast by virtue of subsections (1), (1A) and
(2) in support of the motion is at least two-thirds of the votes cast by
virtue of those subsections on the motion; and
(b) the total number of votes cast by virtue of subsections (1) and (1A) in
support of the motion is at least 50% of the votes cast by virtue of
subsections (1) and (1A) on the motion; and
(c) the number of votes cast by virtue of subsection (2) in support of the
motion is at least 50% of the votes cast by virtue of that subsection on the
motion.
(7) The person presiding at an annual general meeting may, unless a person
present at the meeting and having a right to vote, either on his or her own
behalf or as a proxy for another person, indicates that he or she requires a
vote to be taken in accordance with subsection (4), permit a vote on a motion
of a kind referred to in that subsection to be resolved by a show of hands.
(8) Where a vote on a motion by a show of hands is permitted in accordance
with subsection (7), a person attending the annual general meeting who is
entitled to vote on the motion, including a person who is the proxy of another
person or of other persons, is entitled to cast one vote only on that motion
and the motion shall be taken to be passed if it is supported by a majority of
the votes so cast.
(9) For the purposes of subsections (5) and (6), every person who was
entered on a register on the day of closure of the register for the purposes
of an annual general meeting shall be taken to be entitled to vote at the
meeting by virtue of being so entered on the register unless the Corporation
is satisfied that the person has ceased since that day to be entitled to be
entered on the register.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 28
Motions of no confidence
SECT
28. (1) If a motion of no confidence in the Chairperson or in the
Corporation is moved at an annual general meeting, the person presiding at the
meeting shall cease to preside until the motion has been voted on and, during
the period that he or she does not so preside, a member of the staff of the
Corporation selected by the Chairperson shall preside in his or her stead.
(2) If a motion of no confidence in the Chairperson is passed at an annual
general meeting, the Minister shall terminate the appointment of the
Chairperson as soon as possible after the end of the meeting, and shall,
within a period of one month after the day of the meeting, appoint another
person to be Chairperson.
(3) If a motion of no confidence in the Corporation is passed at an annual
general meeting, the Minister shall, subject to subsection (4), within a
period of one month after the day of the meeting, by notice published in the
Gazette, terminate the appointment of each of the members of the Corporation
(other than the Executive Director) with effect from a day specified in the
notice and, in accordance with section 12, appoint a person in the place of
each of the members whose appointment has been so terminated.
(4) Where the Minister is satisfied that it is not practicable, within a
period of one month after the day of an annual general meeting at which a
motion of no confidence in the Corporation has been passed, to appoint new
members in the place of each of the members whose appointment is required to
be terminated in accordance with subsection (3), the Minister may, in writing,
declare that this subsection applies to the Corporation and, upon the making
of the declaration, the Corporation shall, until the Minister revokes the
declaration or the period of 6 months after the day of the meeting expires,
whichever first occurs, be constituted in accordance with subsection (5).
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the Corporation shall consist of 4
members, namely:
(a) a Chairperson;
(b) a government member; and
(c) 2 other members;
and the Corporation, while constituted in accordance with this subsection, may
perform all the functions, and exercise all the powers, of the Corporation
except the power to appoint an Executive Director.
(6) All members appointed to the Corporation as constituted for the purposes
of subsection (4) shall be appointed by the Minister and shall hold office as
part-time members.
(7) The Minister shall not appoint a person to be the government member
unless the Minister is satisfied that the person has a knowledge of, and
experience in, the formulation of government policy and in public
administration.
(8) The members referred to in paragraph (5) (c) shall be persons appointed
by the Minister from persons nominated to the Minister, at his or her request,
by the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Selection Committee for the
purposes of this section.
(9) Decisions made by the Corporation as constituted for the purposes of
subsection (4) are not valid unless:
(a) they are made at meetings at which all members of the Corporation as so
constituted are present; and
(b) they are approved by the Minister.
(10) The fact that a person's appointment as a member of the Corporation has
been terminated under subsection (3) shall not be taken to imply that the
person may not be appointed to the Corporation as constituted for the purposes
of subsection (4) or as constituted for the purposes of section 12.
(11) The fact that a person has been appointed as a member of the
Corporation as constituted for the purposes of subsection (4) shall not be
taken to imply that the person may not be appointed to the Corporation as
constituted for the purposes of section 12.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 29
Policy Council to receive copy of resolutions
SECT
29. The Corporation shall, within one month after the holding of an annual
general meeting, provide the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Policy
Council with a copy of the text of all motions (other than motions of a kind
referred to in subparagraph 22 (4) (d) (ii) or (iii)) passed at the meeting.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - PART V
PART V - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ANNUAL
OPERATIONAL PLANS
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - DIVISION 1
Division 1 - The Research and Development Plan
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 30
Corporation to prepare and review research and development plan
SECT
30. (1) The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement
of this section, prepare a research and development plan.
(2) The Corporation shall, in each financial year to which the research and
development plan relates and not later than 1 April, review and revise the
plan.
(3) The research and development plan as prepared under subsection (1) shall
include:
(a) a statement of the objectives of the Corporation;
(b) an assessment of the market and economic outlook for the industry; and
(c) an evaluation of the research and development needs of the industry;
for:
(d) if the plan is prepared in the first 9 months of a financial year, the
financial year in which the plan is prepared and the 4 subsequent financial
years; or
(e) if the plan is prepared in the last 3 months of a financial year, the
next financial year and 4 subsequent financial years.
(4) The corporate plan as revised under subsection (2) shall include:
(a) a statement of the objectives of the Corporation;
(b) an assessment of the market and economic outlook for the industry; and
(c) an evaluation of the research and development needs of the industry;
for the financial year immediately following the financial year in which the
corporate plan is revised and the 4 subsequent financial years.
(5) The research and development plan shall also outline the strategies and
policies that the Corporation intends to adopt in order to achieve its
objectives.
(6) Before preparing or revising the research and development plan under
this section, the Corporation shall consult with each eligible industry body.
(7) In preparing, reviewing and revising the plan, the Corporation must have
regard to the objects set out in section 5.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 31
Approval of research and development plan and of revisions following review
SECT
31. (1) The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after preparing or
revising the research and development plan under section 30, submit the
research and development plan or the research and development plan as so
revised, as the case may be, to the Minister.
(1A) The research and development plan or the research and development plan
as so revised, as the case may be, has no effect until it has been approved,
in writing, by the Minister.
(2) Where the research and development plan, or the research and development
plan as so revised, is submitted to the Minister in accordance with subsection
(1) and the Minister is of the opinion that, in the interests of the meat and
live-stock industry, or of a particular sector of the meat and live-stock
industry, the plan should be revised or further revised, as the case may be,
in some respect, the Minister may request the Corporation to revise the plan
appropriately and shall include in such a request a statement setting out his
or her reasons for making the request.
(3) Upon the Corporation's receiving a request under subsection (2), it
shall consider the request and statement of reasons and shall make such
revision of the research and development plan as it considers to be
appropriate and shall then submit the plan, as so revised, to the Minister for
approval.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 32
Variation of research and development plan by Corporation
otherwise than following review
SECT
32. (1) The research and development plan may, at any time, be varied by the
Corporation under this section with the approval of the Minister.
(4) When requesting the Minister's approval for a variation of the research
and development plan, the Corporation shall provide the Minister with a
statement of its reasons for making the request and shall provide the Minister
with such other information as the Minister requests.
(5) The Minister may, after considering the request and statement of reasons
and such other information (if any) as has been provided at the Minister's
request, approve or reject the requested variation or may approve such other
variation as he or she thinks fit.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 33
Variation of research and development plan at request of Minister
SECT
33. (1) The research and development plan may be varied by the Corporation
at the request, and with the approval, of the Minister.
(2) When requesting the Corporation to vary the research and development
plan, the Minister shall include in the request a statement setting out his or
her reasons for making the request.
(3) Upon the Corporation receiving a request under subsection (2) to vary
the research and development plan, it shall consider the request and statement
of reasons and shall make, and submit to the Minister for the Minister's
approval, such variation of the plan as it considers to be appropriate.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - DIVISION 2
Division 2 - Annual Operational Plans
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 35
Corporation to prepare annual operational plans
SECT
35. (1) When the Corporation is preparing the research and development plan
under subsection 30 (1) or revising the research and development plan under
subsection 30 (2), it shall prepare an annual operational plan for the
earliest financial year to which the research and development plan or the
research and development plan as so revised, as the case may be, will relate.
(2) The annual operational plan for a financial year shall:
(a) specify the particular meat and live-stock research and development
activities (if any) that the Corporation proposes to fund, in whole or in
part, during the year;
(b) in relation to each meat and live-stock research and development
activity that is specified in the plan under paragraph (a):
(i) set out the nature of the activity;
(ii) contain an estimate of the likely duration of the
activity;
(iii) contain an estimate of the financial contribution that
has been made, and is likely to be made, by the Corporation in relation to the
activity; and
(iv) contain an estimate of the financial contribution likely
to be made by the Corporation in relation to the activity during the year;
(c) describe the kinds of meat and live-stock research and development
activities (if any) that the Corporation is prepared to consider funding, in
whole or in part, during the year; and
(d) in relation to each kind of meat and live-stock research and development
activity that is described in the plan under paragraph (c) - contain an
estimate of the financial contribution that the Corporation would be prepared
to make in relation to activities of that kind during the year.
(3) Before preparing an annual operational plan, the Corporation shall
consult with each eligible industry body.
(4) In preparing annual operational plans under this section, the
Corporation must have regard to the objects set out in section 5.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 36
Approval of annual operational plans
SECT
36. (1) The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after preparing an
annual operational plan, submit the plan to the Minister.
(1A) An annual operational plan has no effect until it has been approved, in
writing, by the Minister.
(2) Where a plan is submitted to the Minister in accordance with subsection
(1) and the Minister is of the opinion that the plan is inconsistent with the
provisions of the research and development plan, the Minister may request the
Corporation to revise the first-mentioned plan appropriately and shall include
in such a request a statement setting out his or her reasons for making the
request.
(3) If the Corporation receives a request under subsection (2), it shall
consider the request and the Minister's statement of reasons and shall make
such revision of the annual operational plan as it considers to be appropriate
and shall then submit the plan, as so revised, to the Minister for approval.
(4) Where, if a proposed variation of the research and development plan were
to be approved by the Minister, an annual operational plan would not be
consistent with the provisions of the research and development plan, the
Corporation shall, at the time of submitting to the Minister for the
Minister's approval the variation of the research and development plan, also
submit to the Minister for the Minister's approval such variation of the
annual operational plan as it considers to be appropriate.
(5) The Minister shall approve an annual operational plan submitted to him
or her under subsection (1) or submitted under subsection (3), or a variation
of such a plan submitted under subsection (4), unless the Minister is of the
opinion that it is inconsistent with the provisions of the research and
development plan.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - PART VI
PART VI - STAFF
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - DIVISION 1
Division 1 - The Executive Director
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 37
Executive Director
SECT
37. (1) There shall be an Executive Director of the Corporation, who shall
be appointed by the Corporation.
(2) The Executive Director is to be appointed on such terms and conditions,
including remuneration and allowances, as are determined, in writing, by the
Corporation and approved, in writing, by the Minister.
(2A) Subject to subsection (9), the Corporation may, at any time, terminate
the appointment of the Executive Director.
(3) A person who has attained the age of 65 years shall not be appointed as
Executive Director and a person shall not be appointed as Executive Director
for a period that extends beyond the day on which he or she will attain the
age of 65 years.
(4) The Executive Director may resign his or her office by writing signed by
the Executive Director and delivered to the Chairperson of the Corporation.
(5) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), the Corporation may
terminate the appointment of the Executive Director by reason of the
misbehaviour, or the physical or mental incapacity, of the Executive Director.
(6) The Corporation may grant leave of absence to the Executive Director
upon such terms and conditions as to remuneration or otherwise as the
Corporation determines.
(7) The Executive Director shall not, without the approval of the
Corporation, engage in paid employment outside the duties of the office of
Executive Director.
(8) If the Executive Director:
(a) engages in paid employment outside the duties of his or her office
without the approval of the Corporation;
(b) is absent from duty, except on leave of absence granted by the
Corporation, for 14 consecutive days, or for 28 days in any 12 months, or from
3 consecutive meetings of the Corporation;
(c) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with his or her obligations
under section 18; or
(d) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief
of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes
an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit;
the Corporation shall terminate his or her appointment.
(9) The Corporation shall not exercise the power to terminate the
appointment of the Executive Director under subsection (2A) otherwise than
upon a resolution that is supported by not less than 7 of the members of the
Corporation other than the Executive Director.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 38
Acting Executive Director
SECT
38. (1) The Corporation may appoint a person to act as Executive Director:
(a) during a vacancy in the office of Executive Director, whether or not an
appointment has previously been made to the office; or
(b) during a period, or during all periods, when the Executive Director is
absent from duty or from Australia, or is for any other reason, unable to
perform the duties of his or her office;
but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act
after the expiration of 12 months from the day on which the vacancy occurred.
(2) The appointment of a person under subsection (1) may be expressed to
have effect only in such circumstances as are specified in the instrument of
appointment.
(3) The Corporation may:
(a) determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including
remuneration and allowances, of a person acting as Executive Director; and
(b) at any time terminate such an appointment.
(4) Where a person is acting as Executive Director in accordance with
paragraph (1) (b) and the office of Executive Director becomes vacant while
that person is so acting, the person may continue so to act until the
Corporation otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12 months
from the day on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first happens.
(5) Subsections 37 (3), (4) and (6) apply in relation to a person appointed
to act as the Executive Director in like manner as they apply in relation to
the Executive Director.
(6) While the person is acting as Executive Director, the person has, and
may exercise, all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Executive
Director under this Act.
(7) The validity of anything done by, or in relation to, a person purporting
to act under subsection (1) shall not be called in question on the ground that
the occasion for the appointment of the person had not arisen, that there is a
defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment of the person,
that the appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for the
person to act had not arisen or had ceased.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 39
Duties of Executive Director
SECT
39. (1) The Executive Director is to conduct the affairs of the Corporation.
(2) In conducting the affairs of the Corporation, the Executive Director is
to act in accordance with:
(a) any policies determined by the Corporation; and
(b) any directives given by the Corporation.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 39A
Delegation by Executive Director
SECT
39A. (1) The Executive Director may, by writing, delegate to a member of the
staff of the Corporation all or any of his or her powers under this Act.
(2) In the exercise of a power delegated by the Executive Director, the
delegate is subject to the directions of the Executive Director.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 40
Effect of motion of no confidence on Executive Director
SECT
40. (1) Upon the day on which the appointments of the members other than the
Executive Director are terminated under subsection 28 (3), the person holding
the office of Executive Director shall cease to be a member of the Corporation
but, subject to subsections 37 (2A), (5) and (8), he or she is entitled to
continue as Executive Director.
(2) Where:
(a) the Corporation is reconstituted in accordance with section 12 following
the passage of a motion of no confidence in the Corporation; and
(b) there is, at the time when the Corporation is so reconstituted, a person
holding the office of Executive Director, being a person who was appointed
before the passage of that motion of no confidence;
the Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after it is so reconstituted, by
writing under its common seal, either endorse the appointment of that person
as Executive Director or terminate the appointment.
(3) If the Corporation, as reconstituted in accordance with section 12,
endorses the appointment of a person as Executive Director, that person
thereupon becomes, by virtue of that endorsement, a member of the Corporation.
(4) If a motion of no confidence in the Corporation is passed at an annual
general meeting, any delegation from the Corporation to the Executive Director
that is in force on the day on which the appointment of each of the members of
the Corporation was terminated shall be deemed to have been revoked on that
day.
(5) Where the Corporation, as constituted for the purposes of subsection 28
(4), delegates a power to the Executive Director, that delegation shall be
deemed to have been revoked on the day on which the membership of the
Corporation is reconstituted in accordance with section 12.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - DIVISION 2
Division 2 - Other staff and consultants
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 41
Other staff and consultants
SECT
41. (1) The Corporation may appoint or engage such persons as it thinks
necessary to perform clerical and administrative services in connection with
the performance of the functions of the Corporation.
(2) The Corporation may engage as consultants to the Corporation, persons
having suitable qualifications and experience.
(3) A person appointed or engaged by the Corporation under subsection (1)
shall be appointed or engaged on such terms and conditions as are determined
by the Corporation.
(3A) A person must not be appointed or engaged under subsection (1) on terms
and conditions as to remuneration that:
(a) in the case of a person appointed or engaged on a full-time basis - are
more favourable than the terms and conditions as to remuneration on which the
Executive Director has been appointed; or
(b) in the case of a person appointed or engaged on a part-time basis - are
more favourable, when considered on a pro rata basis, than the terms and
conditions as to remuneration on which the Executive Director has been
appointed.
(4) A person engaged by the Corporation under subsection (2) shall be
engaged on such terms and conditions as are determined by the Corporation.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - PART VII
PART VII - FINANCE
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 42
Payments to Corporation
SECT
42. (1) There shall be paid to the Corporation:
(a) amounts equal to the amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth by
virtue of paragraphs 6 (1) (b), 6A (1) (b), 6B (1) (b), 6C (1) (b), 6D (1)
(b), 6E (1) (b) and 6F (1) (b) of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964; and
(b) amounts equal to the amount of charge received by the Commonwealth by
virtue of paragraphs 7 (1) (b), 8 (1) (b), 9 (1) (b), 10 (1) (b) and 11 (1)
(b) of the Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977; and
(ba) amounts equal to the amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth under
paragraph 6 (1) (b) of the Beef Production Levy Act 1990; and
(bb) amounts equal to the amounts of charge received by the Commonwealth
under paragraph 6 (1) (b) of the Cattle Export Charge Act 1990; and
(bc) amounts equal to the amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth under
paragraphs 6 (1) (b) and 6 (2) (b) of the Cattle Transaction Levy Act 1990;
and
(c) subject to subsection (2) and section 42A, amounts equal to one-half of
the amounts (other than amounts payable under paragraph 44 (ba)) from time to
time payable by the Corporation in accordance with this Act.
(2) The sum of the amounts paid to the Corporation by virtue of paragraph
(1) (c) shall not exceed the sum of the amounts paid to the Corporation by
virtue of paragraphs (1) (a), (b), (ba), (bb) and (bc) other than amounts
related to amounts received by the Commonwealth by way of penalty.
(3) Amounts payable to the Corporation by virtue of paragraphs (1) (a), (b),
(ba), (bb), (bc) and (c) are payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund,
which is appropriated accordingly.
(4) A reference in paragraph (1) (a) to amounts of levy received by the
Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:
(a) amounts received from the proprietor of an abattoir under subsection 7
(2) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991, and
amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of that Act, in relation to
amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph; and
(b) amounts received from the proprietor of an abattoir under section 7 of
the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964, and amounts payable by way
of penalty under section 9 of that Act, in relation to amounts of levy
referred to in that paragraph.
(5) A reference in paragraph (1) (b) to amounts of charge received by the
Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:
(a) amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of the Primary
Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 in relation to amounts of
charge referred to in that paragraph; and
(b) amounts payable by way of penalty under section 6 of the Live-stock
Export Charge Collection Act 1977 in relation to amounts of charge referred to
in that paragraph.
(6) A reference in paragraph (1) (ba) to amounts of levy received by the
Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:
(a) amounts received from a processor under subsection 7 (1) of the Primary
Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991, and amounts payble by way
of penalty under section 15 of that Act, in relation to amounts of levy
referred to in that paragraph; and
(b) amounts received from a processor under subsection 6 (4) of the Cattle
and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990 and amounts payable by way of penalty under
section 8 of that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that
paragraph.
(7) A reference in paragraph (1) (bb) to amounts of charge received by the
Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:
(a) amounts received from an exporting agent under subsection 7 (3) of the
Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 and amounts payable
by way of penalty under section 15 of that Act in relation to amounts of
charge referred to in that paragraph; and
(b) amounts received from an exporting agent under subsection 6 (5) of the
Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990 and amounts payable by way of penalty
under section 8 of that Act in relation to amounts of charge referred to in
that paragraph.
(8) A reference in paragraph (1) (bc) to amounts of levy received by the
Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:
(a) amounts received from a selling agent, a processor or a feedlot operator
under subsection 7 (1) or (2) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges
Collection Act 1991 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of
that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph; and
(b) amounts received from a selling agent, a processor or a feedlot operator
under subsection 6 (1), (2) or (3) of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act
1990 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 8 of that Act in
relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 42A
Commonwealth's matching payments not to exceed certain proportion of
production
SECT
42A. (1) The sum of the amounts that, during a particular financial year,
are paid to the Corporation under paragraph 42 (1) (c), in respect of amounts
spent by the Corporation under section 44 for meat and live-stock research and
development activities, is not to exceed an amount equal to 0.5% of the amount
that the Minister determines to be the gross value of production of the
industry for that financial year.
(2) The regulations may provide for the manner in which the Minister is to
determine the amount of the gross value of production of the industry for a
financial year.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 43
Raising of money by Corporation
SECT
43. (1) The Corporation may, with the approval of the Minister:
(a) borrow money otherwise than by dealing with securities; or
(b) borrow money, or otherwise raise money, by dealing with securities;
being money that is from time to time necessary for the performance of its
functions.
(2) A borrowing of money pursuant to paragraph (1) (a) may be subject to
such terms and conditions as the Minister approves.
(3) An approval under subsection (1) in relation to borrowing money pursuant
to paragraph (1) (a) may be given in relation to particular borrowings or in
relation to a specified class, or specified classes, of borrowings.
(4) An approval under subsection (1) in relation to dealing with securities
pursuant to paragraph (1) (b) may be given in relation to dealing with a
specified class, or specified classes, of securities.
(5) The Treasurer may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, guarantee:
(a) the repayment by the Corporation of money borrowed in accordance with
this section and the payment of interest on money so borrowed; or
(b) the payment of any money (including interest, if any) that the
Corporation is liable to pay in respect of dealing with securities in
accordance with this section.
(6) Where the Corporation borrows money or otherwise raises money by dealing
with securities, the Treasurer may determine that the repayment by the
Corporation of the money so borrowed and the payment by the Corporation of
interest on that money is, or the payment by the Corporation of any money
(including interest, if any) that the Corporation is liable to pay in respect
of dealing with securities is, by force of this subsection, guaranteed by the
Commonwealth.
(7) The power of the Treasurer to make a determination for the purposes of
subsection (6) extends to the making of a determination in respect of:
(a) a specified class, or specified classes, of securities; and
(b) a specified class, or specified classes, of transactions.
(8) The Corporation may give security over the whole or any part of its
assets:
(a) for the repayment of money borrowed in accordance with this section and
the payment of money (including interest, if any) that the Corporation is
otherwise liable to pay in respect of that borrowing; and
(b) for the payment of any money (including interest, if any) that the
Corporation is liable to pay in respect of dealing with securities in
accordance with this section.
(9) The Corporation shall not borrow or otherwise raise money except in
accordance with this section.
(10) In this section, "securities" includes stocks, debentures, debenture
stocks, notes, bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange and similar
instruments or documents.
(11) A reference in this section to dealing with securities includes a
reference to:
(a) creating, executing, entering into, drawing, making, accepting,
endorsing, issuing, discounting, selling, purchasing or re-selling
securities;
(b) creating, selling, purchasing or re-selling rights or options in respect
of securities; and
(c) entering into agreements or other arrangements relating to securities.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 44
Application of money of Corporation
SECT
44. The money of the Corporation may be applied only:
(a) in payment to the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation of amounts
equal to such amounts as are from time to time specified in notices given to
the Corporation by the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation under
section 37A of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977;
(b) in payment to the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation of amounts
equal to one-half of such amounts as are from time to time specified in
notices given to the Corporation under section 30L of the Australian Meat and
Live-stock Corporation Act 1977;
(ba) in payment to the Commonwealth of amounts equal to the expenses
incurred by the Commonwealth in relation to:
(i) the collection or recovery of amounts of levy or charge
referred to in paragraph 42 (1) (a), (b), (ba), (bb) or (bc); or
(ii) the administration of paragraph 42 (1) (a), (b), (ba),
(bb) or (bc);
(bb) for the purpose of funding meat and live-stock research and development
activities included in the meat and live-stock research and development
activities specified in an annual operational plan prepared by the Corporation
and in force when payments by the Corporation are made;
(c) in payment or discharge of any other debts, charges, liabilities or
obligations incurred or undertaken by the Corporation in or in connection with
the performance of its functions, or the exercise of its powers, under this
Act;
(d) in payment of any remuneration or allowances, payable under this Act;
and
(e) in making any other payments that the Corporation is authorized or
required to make under this Act.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 45
Liability to taxation
SECT
45. (1) The Corporation is subject to taxation (other than income tax) under
the laws of the Commonwealth.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Corporation is not subject to taxation
under a law of a State or Territory.
(3) The regulations may provide that subsection (2) does not apply in
relation to taxation under a specified law.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 46
Application to Corporation of Division 2 of Part XI of the Audit Act 1901
SECT
46. It is hereby declared that the Corporation is a public authority to
which Division 2 of Part XI of the Audit Act 1901 applies.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - PART VIII
PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 47
Minister may cause certain properties to be transferred to Corporation
SECT
47. (1) Where the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, declares
this subsection to apply to land described in the Schedule, with effect from a
day specified in the notice, being a day after the publication of the notice:
(a) the interest of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation in that
land immediately before that day together with the interest of the Australian
Meat and Live-stock Corporation in any improvements to, and equipment, crops
and live-stock on, that land immediately before that day is, by force of this
subsection, vested in the Meat Research Corporation on that day; and
(b) the Meat Research Corporation becomes, by force of this subsection, with
effect from that day, liable to pay and discharge any debts, charges,
liabilities or obligations of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation
incurred in respect of that land, those improvements or crops or that
equipment or live-stock that remained unpaid or undischarged immediately
before that day.
(2) The Minister shall not declare subsection (1) to apply to any land
unless the Minister is satisfied that the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation and the Meat Research Corporation have agreed that the interest of
the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation in that land and in any
improvements to, and equipment, crops and live-stock on, that land, being an
interest referred to in paragraph (1) (a), be transferred to the Meat Research
Corporation.
(3) An instrument or document that the Secretary to the Department or an
officer of the Department authorized by the Secretary, in writing, for the
purpose of this subsection certifies to have been made, executed or given by
reason of, or for a purpose connected with or arising out of, the operation of
this section is not liable to stamp duty or other tax under a law of the
Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 48
Remuneration and allowances
SECT
48. (1) This section applies to the following persons:
(a) appointed members;
(c) a member of a Committee established by the Corporation under section 20.
(2) A person to whom this section applies shall be paid such remuneration as
is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal but, if no determination of that
remuneration by the Tribunal is in operation, the person shall be paid such
remuneration as is prescribed.
(3) A person to whom this section applies shall be paid such allowances as
are prescribed.
(4) This section has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.
(5) In this section, "appointed members" means:
(a) members appointed to the Corporation under paragraphs 12 (1) (a), (b)
and (d); or
(b) members appointed to the Corporation under subsection 28 (5).
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 49
Delegation
SECT
49. (1) The Corporation may, either generally or as otherwise provided by
the instrument of delegation, by writing under its common seal, delegate to a
person, or to a committee established under section 20, any of its powers
under this Act, other than this power of delegation.
(2) A power so delegated when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the
purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been exercised by the Corporation.
(3) A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a power
by the Corporation.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 50
Matters to be included in annual report
SECT
50. The Corporation shall include in each annual report prepared under
section 63H of the Audit Act 1901, as that section applies to the Corporation
by virtue of section 46 of this Act:
(a) a statement of the principal objectives of the Corporation in the period
to which the report relates, and the strategies pursued by the Corporation to
achieve those objectives in that period; and
(b) particulars of the meat and live-stock research and development
activities that the Corporation funded during the period to which the report
relates, together with an assessment of the extent to which the funding of
those activities has helped achieve the principal objectives of the
Corporation for that period; and
(c) an assessment of the extent to which the Corporation has, during the
period to which the report relates, contributed to the attainment of the
objects set out in section 5.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 51
Regulations
SECT
51. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving
effect to this Act.
MEAT RESEARCH CORPORATION ACT 1985 - SCHEDULE
SCH
SCHEDULE Sub-section 47 (1)
LAND IN RESPECT OF WHICH A DECLARATION MAY BE
MADE UNDER SUB-SECTION 47 (1)
The parcels of land, situated in the State of Queensland, that
are described in the Deeds of Grant of Land and Certificates of
Title issued under the laws of that State that are set out below:
1. Deed of Grant of Land Volume 4923 Folio 39;
2. Deed of Grant of Land No. 135159 Volume 2681 Folio 169;
3. Certificate of Title No. 311661 Volume 1689 Folio 151;
4. Certificate of Title No. 416138 Volume 2166 Folio 128;
5. Certificate of Title No. C36634 Volume 238 Folio 137;
6. Certificate of Title No. C36635 Volume 238 Folio 138;
7. Certificate of Title No. C36636 Volume 238 Folio 139;
8. Certificate of Title No. C36637 Volume 238 Folio 140;
9. Certificate of Title No. C36638 Volume 238 Folio 141;
10. Certificate of Title No. C36639 Volume 238 Folio 142;
11. Certificate of Title No. C36640 Volume 238 Folio 143;
12. Certificate of Title No. C36641 Volume 238 Folio 144;
13. Certificate of Title No. C36642 Volume 238 Folio 145;
14. Certificate of Title No. C36643 Volume 238 Folio 146;
15. Certificate of Title No. C36644 Volume 238 Folio 147;
16. Certificate of Title No. C36645 Volume 238 Folio 148;
17. Certificate of Title No. C37538 Volume 242 Folio 41;
18. Certificate of Title Volume C325 Folio 180;
19. Certificate of Title Volume C350 Folio 111;
20. Certificate of Title Volume C350 Folio 112;
21. Certificate of Title Volume C356 Folio 77;
22. Certificate of Title Volume C362 Folio 22;
23. Certificate of Title Volume C375 Folio 189;
24. Deed of Grant of Land No. C11746 Volume 252 Folio 149.