Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH ACT 1949 - SECT 9

             (1)  The functions of the Organisation 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;

                   (ba)  to encourage or facilitate the application or utilisation of the results of any other scientific research;

                   (bb)  to carry out services, and make available facilities, in relation to science;

                     (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;

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

                      (j)  to publish scientific and technical reports, periodicals and papers.

             (2)  The Organisation shall:

                     (a)  treat the functions referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) as its primary functions; and

                     (b)  treat the other functions referred to in subsection (1) as its secondary functions.