Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00117:section:38
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00117
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 38
Character Range: 92983–95418

38  Annual report
 (1) The annual report prepared by the directors and given to the Minister under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must:
 (a) include a report on the operations of the Geographical Indications Committee during the period; and
 (b) set out all final determinations of geographical indications, and translations of such indications, made by the Committee during the period; and
 (c) include 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
 (d) include 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
 (e) include 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.
 (2) The annual report must be published on the Authority's website as soon as practicable after the report is tabled in the House of Representatives.