Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program Directions No. 1 of 2006 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia Industry Research and Development Act 1986

Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program Directions No 1 of 2006

I, Ian Elgin Macfarlane, Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, acting under subsections 19 (1) and 20 (1) of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, give the following directions to the Industry Research and Development Board.

Dated 8/8/2006

Ian Macfarlane

Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources

____________ PART 1 - PRELIMINARY Name of directions 1. These directions are the Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program Directions No 1 of 2006.

Commencement 2. These Directions will come into effect on and from the day on which both of the following steps have been completed:

(a) the Directions have been registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments; and (b) the Directions have been published in the Gazette.

Object of these directions 3. The object of this instrument is to give directions to the Board in relation to:

(a) an additional function of the Board in respect of the Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program, a program to increase the level of high quality pharmaceuticals research and development activity in Australia by companies at all stages of the pharmaceuticals development process and the development of partnerships within the pharmaceuticals industry; (b) the policies and practices to be followed by the Board in the performance of the function.

Interpretation 4. (1) In these directions, unless the contrary intention applies: agreed portfolio of activities means the portfolio of activities that is specified in an agreement. agreement means an agreement between a recipient and the Commonwealth for grant funding under the program, as amended from time to time in accordance with the rules for the program. applicant means an entity that makes an application for grant funding under the Program. delegate of the Minister means an employee of the Department who has been empowered by the Minister, or otherwise duly authorised, to carry out the relevant function in respect of the program. Department means the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources. eligible application means an application for grant funding under the Program, that the delegate of the Minister has determined to be eligible to be admitted for merit assessment by the Board. eligible Australian pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) activities means pharmaceuticals research and development (R&D) activities that are carried out in Australia. funding round means a period of time in which applications received by the delegate of the Minister will be assessed for eligibility and technical merit under the rules of the Program. Minister means the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. pharmaceuticals industry means companies that participate in the discovery, creation and supply of pharmaceuticals that are, or are intended to be, regulated under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 as registered drugs or under equivalent provisions in comparable countries (such as, in the United States, through the Food and Drug Administration, and in Europe, through the European Medicines Agency