149Regulations

#### 149 Regulations (1) 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. (2) Before regulations are made for the purposes of section 8 establishing a research and development corporation, the Minister must have taken into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by any of the organisations that, in the Minister’s opinion, will represent any of the designated primary industry sectors in relation to that corporation upon the establishment of that corporation. (3) Before making a regulation for the purposes of section 56 declaring that Division 7 of Part 2 applies to an R&D Corporation, the Governor‑General is to take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by any of the Corporation’s representative organisations.