27AArrangements by Authority for carrying out industrial research on behalf of Commonwealth

27A Arrangements by Authority for carrying out industrial research on behalf of Commonwealth

(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that it is in the public interest that the Commonwealth should carry out a project that, if the Commonwealth were an eligible company, would be an automotive development project, the Minister may authorize the Authority to make arrangements, on behalf of the Commonwealth, for the carrying out of that project. (2) Any arrangements made by the Authority by virtue of subsection (1) shall be made in accordance with the directions of the Minister. (3) Where there is an application to manufacturing of the results of a project which has been carried out under arrangements made under subsection (1), such application shall be undertaken by a company under a contract entered into by the Commonwealth and that company after tenders for that contract have been invited.