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Division 5—Staff of the Corporation

37. Employees

38. Managing Director

39. Acting Managing Director

40. Management of affairs of Corporation

41. Corporation to develop and implement equal employment opportunity program

42. Regard to be had to equal employment opportunity program

43. Employment matters to be dealt with on basis of merit

PART III—FINANCE

Division 1—Preliminary

44. Objects of Part

45. Functions of Corporation in relation to finance

Division 2—Apportionment of wool tax

46. Determination of apportionment of wool tax

47. Payments to Corporation

Division 3—Market Support Fund

48. Market Support Fund

49. Dealings with Market Fund

50. Refund periods

51. Refunds

Division 4—Other financial matters

52. Application of money of Corporation

53. Raising of money by Corporation

54. Hedging through currency contracts etc.

55. Bank accounts

56. Investment of money of Corporation

57. Proper accounts to be kept

58. Separate accounts for wool stores

59. Audit

60. Appointment of commercial auditors

61. Remuneration and allowances

TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued

Section

PART IV—WOOL MARKETING

Division 1—Preliminary

62. Objects of Part

63. Functions of Corporation in relation to wool marketing

64. Specific marketing powers of Corporation

65. Contracts for shipment of wool

Division 2—Reserve Price Scheme

66. Minimum reserve prices

67. Purchase of wool at minimum reserve prices

68. Intervention above minimum reserve prices

69. Purchase of wool above minimum reserve prices

70. Condition of wool to which scheme applies

71. Deferral of sales

72. Re-sale of wool

73. Minister may set guidelines for reserve price scheme

Division 3—Quality Control

74. Powers of Corporation in relation to quality assurance for wool

Division 4—Register of Woolclassers

75. Register

76. Certain persons to be on Register

77. Registration

78. Alteration of Register

79. Removal of name from Register

80. Identification

PART V—WOOL USE PROMOTION

81. Objects of Part

82. Functions of Corporation in relation to wool use promotion

83. Powers of Corporation in relation to wool use promotion

84. Review of effectiveness of promotion

PART VI—WOOL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Division 1—Preliminary

85. Objects of Part

Division 2—Functions and powers of the Corporation in relation to wool research and development

86. Functions of Corporation in relation to wool research and development

87. Manner in which Corporation to exercise its powers

88. Agreements relating to wool research and development etc.

89. Corporation may participate in joint ventures

Division 3—Continuation and functions of the Wool Research and Development Council

90. Continuation of Wool Research and Development Council

91. Functions of Research Council

TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued

Section

Division 4—Wool Research and Development Fund

92. Continuation of Wool Research and Development Fund

93. Money to be paid into Research Fund

94. Application of Research Fund

Division 5—Research and development plans, annual research and development programs and approval of research and development activities for funding

95. Research Council to develop research and development plans

96. Agreement to research and development plans

97. Variation of research and development plans

98. Variation of research and development plans at request of Minister

99. Date of commencement of research and development plans as varied

100. Research Council to develop annual research and development programs

101. Agreement to annual research and development programs

102. Approval for funding of particular wool research and development activities

Division 6—Constitution and meetings of Wool Research and Development Council

103. Constitution of Research Council

104. Acting Council Chairperson

105. Leave of absence

106. Removal and resignation of Council members

107. Disclosure of interests of Council members

108. Meetings of Research Council

109. Sub-committees of Research Council

Division 7—Accountability

110. Annual report of Research Council

111. Accountability to wool industry

PART VII—WOOL STORES

112. Objects of Part

113. Functions of Corporation in relation to wool stores

114. Ownership of wool stores

115. Establishment, functions and powers of the Australian Wool Stores Board of Management

116. Constitution of Wool Stores Board

117. Wool Stores Board to develop wool stores strategic plans

118. Wool Stores Board to develop wool stores annual operational plans

119. Annual report of Wool Stores Board

PART VIII—MISCELLANEOUS

120. Minister may give directions in exceptional circumstances

121. Liability to taxation

122. Register of Australian woolgrowers

123. Annual report

124. Report to meeting of Wool Council

125. Application for review

126. Statement to accompany notice of decisions

127. Regulations

PART IX—REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL

128. Repeal

129. Continuation of appointments to Corporation

130. Continuation of appointments to Research Council

131. Continuation of committees etc.

TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued

Section

132. Continuation of appointments to committees

133. Transitional—determination of apportionment of wool tax

134. Transitional—reserve price

135. Transitional—annual report

136. Saving—superannuation

137. Saving—Commonwealth Functions (Statutes Review) Act

Wool Marketing Act 1987

No. 90 of 1987

An Act relating to the export marketing of wool and certain other matters concerning the wool industry

[Assented to 5 June 1987]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Wool Marketing Act 1987.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on 1 July 1987.

Interpretation

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

“Administration Act” means the Wool Tax (Administration) Act 1964;

“annual operational plan” means a plan in force for the time being under section 18;

“annual report” means a report of the Corporation prepared under section 123;

“annual research and development program” means a program in force for the time being under section 101;

“appoint” includes re-appoint;

“appointed director” means a director other than the Managing Director;

“approved research and development activity” means a wool research and development activity that is approved by the Corporation under section 102 and that has not ceased to be such an activity under subsection (2) of this section;

“assessment action”, in relation to the equal employment opportunity program of the Corporation, means action by the Corporation to do all of the following things:

(a) to collect and record statistics and related information concerning employment by the Corporation, including the number and types of jobs undertaken by, or job classifications of:

(i) employees of either sex; and

(ii) persons in designated groups;

(b) to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the program; and

(c) to assess:

(i) the achievement of the objectives of the program; and

(ii) the effectiveness of the program by comparing statistics and information referred to in paragraph (a) with the indicators set under the policy action of the program;

“company auditor” means a firm or person carrying on the business of auditing accounts;

“consultation action”, in relation to the equal employment opportunity program of the Corporation, means action by the Corporation to:

(a) consult with its employees, particularly employees who are women or in designated groups; and

(b) consult with each trade union having members affected by the program;

in relation to the development and implementation of the program;

“controlled arrangements” means arrangements referred to in paragraph 63 (1) (d), (e), (f) or (g);

“corporate plan” means a plan in force under section 13;

“Corporation” means the Australian Wool Corporation continued in existence by section 4;

“Corporation auditor” means:

(a) if an appointment of a company auditor under subsection 60 (6) as the auditor of the Corporation is in effect—that company auditor; or

(b) in any other case—the Auditor-General;

“Corporation Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Corporation;

“Council Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Research Council;

“Council member” means a member of the Research Council and includes the Council Chairperson;

“designated group” has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922;

“director” means a director of the Corporation and includes the Corporation Chairperson;

“discrimination” means:

(a) discrimination that is unlawful under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 or the Sex Discrimination Act 1984; or

(b) discrimination by which a person with a physical or mental disability is, because of the disability, treated less favourably than a person without the disability;

“employee” means a natural person appointed or engaged:

(a) under a contract of service, whether on a full-time, part-time, permanent, casual or temporary basis; or

(b) under a contract for services;

“employee information action”, in relation to the equal employment opportunity program of the Corporation, means action by the Corporation to inform its employees of the content of the program and of the results of any assessment action;

“employment matters” includes:

(a) recruitment procedure, and selection criteria, for appointment or engagement of persons as employees;

(b) promotion and transfer of employees;

(c) training and staff development for employees; and

(d) conditions of service of employees;

“equal employment opportunity program”, in relation to the Corporation, means a program of the Corporation that is designed to ensure:

(a) that appropriate action is taken to eliminate any discrimination by the Corporation against women and persons in designated groups in relation to employment matters; and

(b) that appropriate measures are taken by the Corporation to promote equal opportunity for women and persons in designated groups in relation to employment matters;

being a program that includes provision for assessment action, consultation action, employee information action, and policy action, in relation to the program;

“export auction” means an auction at which any wool sold may be exported;

“government director” means the director referred to in paragraph 20 (1) (c);

“industry standards”, in relation to wool, means the standards of preparation of wool for submission for sale referred to in paragraph 63 (1) (b);

“industry terms”, in relation to wool, means the terms and conditions relating to the acceptance of wool for sale and the sale of wool referred to in paragraph 63 (1) (c);

“Managing Director” means the person appointed as the Managing Director of the Corporation under section 38;

“manufacture”, in relation to wool, means to subject the wool to a process other than scouring, carbonising, combing or fellmongering;

“Market Fund” means the Market Support Fund continued in existence under section 48;

“member of Parliament” means a member of:

(a) the Parliament of the Commonwealth;

(b) the Parliament of a State; or

(c) the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory;

“participating wool”, in relation to a refund period, means:

(a) wool sold in Australia during that refund period by or on behalf of its producer;

(b) wool subjected to a process of manufacture during that refund period by or on behalf of its producer; or

(c) wool exported from Australia by or on behalf of its producer, being wool entered for export under the Customs Act 1901 during that refund period;

“policy action”, in relation to the equal opportunity program of the Corporation, means action by the Corporation to do all of the following things:

(a) confer responsibility for the development and implementation of the program (including a continuous review of the program) on a person having sufficient authority and status within the management of the Corporation to enable the person properly to develop and implement the program;

(b) examine policies and practices of the Corporation in relation to employment matters to identify:

(i) any policies or practices that constitute discrimination against women or persons in designated groups; and

(ii) any patterns (whether ascertained statistically or otherwise) of lack of equality of opportunity for women or persons in designated groups; and

(c) set:

(i) the objectives to be achieved by the program; and

(ii) the quantitative and other indicators against which the effectiveness of the program is to be assessed;

“Presiding Member” means the person appointed as Presiding Member of the Australian Wool Industry Selection Committees under section 27;

“process”, in relation to wool, means to subject the wool to a process of scouring, carbonising, combing or fellmongering;

“producer”, in relation to wool, means:

(a) where an agreement to sell the wool separately from the sheep was made before the wool was shorn—the person who owned the sheep immediately before the sale;

(b) where a gift of the wool is made before any sale of the wool has taken place—the person to whom the wool is given; or

(c) in any other case—the person who owns the wool immediately after it is shorn;

and, for the purposes of this definition, a person who has rights in the nature of an equity of redemption in respect of wool or sheep the subject of a mortgage or other security shall be deemed to be the owner of the wool or sheep;

“refund period” means a period, to which a declaration under section 50 applies;

“Register” means the Register of Woolclassers kept in accordance with section 75;

“registered woolclasser” means a woolclasser whose name is on the woolclassers register;

“repealed Act” means the Wool Industry Act 1972 as in force immediately before 1 July 1987;

“research and development plan” means a plan in force for the time being under section 96, and includes the plan continued in operation under subsection 95 (4);

“Research Council” means the Wool Research and Development Council continued in existence by section 90;

“Research Councils Selection Committee” means the Research Councils Sel

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