36Commonwealth to be paid levy expenses etc.

#### 36 Commonwealth to be paid levy expenses etc. The Authority must pay to the Commonwealth amounts equal to the expenses incurred by the Commonwealth in relation to: (a) the collection or recovery of amounts referred to in paragraph 32(aa), (ab), (ac), (ad), (ae), (af), (ag) or (ah); and (b) the administration of section 32. 135 Section 38 Before “The report”, insert “(1)”. 136 Section 38 Omit “members”, substitute “directors”. 137 Section 38 Omit “Corporation”, substitute “Authority”. 138 At the end of section 38 Add: (2) The report prepared by the directors under section 9 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 on the operations of the Authority for a period must include: (a) particulars of: (i) the grape or wine research and development activities that the Authority coordinated or funded, wholly or partly, during the period; and (ii) the amount that the Authority spent during the period in relation to each of those activities; and (iii) which (if any) of those activities related to ecologically sustainable development; and (iv) the impact of those activities on the grape industry and the wine industry; and (v) the entering into of agreements under section 10A during the period, and the Authority’s activities during the period in relation to agreements entered into under that section during or before the period; and (vi) the entering into of agreements under section 10B during the period, and the Authority’s activities during the period in relation to agreements entered into under that section during or before the period; and (vii) the making of grants under section 10C during the period; and (viii) the Authority’s activities during the period in relation to applying for patents for inventions, commercially exploiting patented inventions and granting licences under patented inventions; and (ix) the activities of any companies in which the Authority has an interest; and (x) any activities relating to the formation of a company; and (xi) significant acquisitions and dispositions of real property by the Authority during the period; and (b) an assessment of the extent to which the Authority’s operations during the period have: (i) achieved the Authority’s objectives as stated in its corporate plan; and (ii) implemented the annual operational plan applicable to the period; and (c) an assessment of the extent to which the Authority has, during the period, contributed to the attainment of the objects of this Act as set out in section 3. (3) The report prepared by the directors under section 9 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 on the operations of the Authority for a period must be published on the Authority’s website as soon as practicable after the report is tabled in the House of Representatives. 139 After section 38 Insert: