40Register of scientific organizations

##### 40 Register of scientific organizations (1) The Designated Authority shall maintain a register containing a list of the names of scientific organizations that are registered scientific institutions for the purposes of section 41. (2) The register maintained under subsection (1) shall set out opposite to the name of a scientific organization entered in the register: (a) the address of that organization; (b) the date on which the name of the organization was entered in the register; and (c) such other particulars as the Designated Authority considers appropriate. (3) Subject to any regulations referred to in subsection (4), the Designated Authority may, in the Designated Authority’s discretion, enter in the register maintained under subsection (1) the name of a scientific organization in Australia, in an external Territory or in another country. (4) The regulation: (a) may provide that the Designated Authority shall not enter the name of a scientific organization in the register maintained under subsection (1) unless the Designated Authority is satisfied of certain matters in relation to the organization; (b) may prescribe matters that are to be taken into account by the Designated Authority when determining whether the Designated Authority will enter the name of a scientific organization in that register; or (c) may provide that the name of a scientific organization may be entered in that register if the name of the organization is set out in, or in a specified part of, the latest edition of a publication specified in the regulations. (5) A scientific organization in Australia, in an external territory or in another country may apply to the Designated Authority to have its name entered in the register maintained under subsection (1). (6) An application under subsection (5) shall be made in accordance with the prescribed form or, if no form is prescribed, a form approved by the Designated Authority. (7) Subject to any regulations referred to in subsection (8), the Designated Authority may, in the Designated Authority’s discretion, remove the name of a scientific organization from the register maintained under subsection (1). (8) The regulations: (a) may provide that the Designated Authority shall not remove the name of a scientific organization from the register maintained under subsection (1) unless the Designated Authority is satisfied of certain matters in relation to the organization; (b) may prescribe matters that are to be taken into account by the Designated Authority when determining whether the Designated Authority will remove the name of a scientific organization from that register; or (c) may provide that the name of a scientific organization may be removed from that register if the name of the organization ceases to be set out in, or in a specified part of, the latest edition of a publication specified in the regulations.