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SAMOA
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ORGANISATION OF SAMOA ACT 2008
Arrangement of Provisions
PART I
PRELIMINARY
PART II
THE ORGANISATION
9A. Advisory Committees
10A. Acting Chief Executive Officer Organisation
10B. Delegation
PART III
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
16A. Corporate Plans
16B. Annual Operational Plans
PART IV
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS
17A. Moneys payable to
Organisation
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
18A. Reference to other Acts
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ORGANISATION OF SAMOA ACT 2008
2008, No.33
AN ACT to provide for the Scientific Research Organisation
of Samoa and for related purposes.
[Assent date: 3 March 2006]
[Commencement date: 20 November 2008]
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament assembled as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement-(1) This Act may be cited as the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa Act 2008 and shall be read with and form part of the Research and Development Organisation of Samoa Act 2006 (“the principal Act”.
(2) This Act commences on the date of assent by the Head of State.
(3) Notice of commencement of this Act shall be published in Samoan and English in the Savali and one other newspaper circulating
in Samoa.
2. Interpretation - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
“Board” means the Board of Directors established under section 8;
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board;
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Organisation appointed under section 10;
“eligible person” means any of the following:
(a) an officer;
(b) a director or employee of another research organisation where:
(i) the Organisation and other research organization are partners in a partnership; or
(ii) the Organisation holds a controlling interest in another research organization;
(c) a person engaged by the Organisation to carry out work for or on behalf of the Organisation.
“ex-officio member” means a member who holds office on the Board by reason of being the holder of the designated office, and who does not have any power to vote as a member of the Board;
“intellectual property rights” means the complete range of intangible property rights, including but not limited to
patents, trademarks, design rights and copyright, in the names, titles and items;
“investor” means a person who invests in funding or sponsoring a research program, a research development, scientific development, innovation or any other developments for the purposes of this Act;
“member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairperson and the Chief Executive Officer;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for the administration of this Act;
“officer” means an officer of the Organisation;
“Organisation” means the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa established under section 3;
“research programme” means a research programme determined and approved by the Board under section 9 to be conducted by or under the authority of the Organisation;
“scientific research” includes technology and industry development.
PART II
THE ORGANISATION
3. Establishment of Organisation-(1) There is established the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa.
(2) The Organisation shall consist of the members of the Board, and of the officers of the Organisation and shall have perpetual succession,
a common seal and be capable of:
(a) acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property; and
(b) suing and being sued; and
(c) doing and suffering all the acts and things which bodies corporate may lawfully do and suffer.
(3) The common seal may be affixed only:
(a) with the authority of the Board; and
(b) with a witnessing signature of a director or other person where the director or other person is so authorised in writing by the Board.
4. Objectives of the Organisation - The Organisation’s objectives are:
(a) to promote the national economy of Samoa based on research and development; and
(b) to undertake scientific and technical research with the primary aim of adding value to local resources or services; and
(c) to develop functional prototypes of products and processes based on scientific and technical research for the local or overseas markets; and
(d) to establish partnership with the private sector and commercial interests to support the Organisation’s activities; and
(e) to ensure effective training for researchers and technical research.
5. Functions of the Organisation-(1) The functions of the Organisation are :
(a) to carry out scientific research and develop technologies for any of the following purposes:
(i) contributing to the achievement of national goals in the Strategy for the Development of Samoa or any other national plan of Samoa; and
(ii) assisting industries, Government ministries, corporations and agencies; and
(iii) furthering the interests of the community; and
(iv) any other purpose determined by the Board; and
(b) to encourage or facilitate the application or utilization of the results of any other scientific research; and
(c) to act as a means of liaison between Samoa and other countries in matters connected with scientific research; and
(d) to train, and to assist in the training of research and workers in the field of science and to cooperate with tertiary education institutions, both local and overseas, in relation to education in any field of science; and
(e) to establish and award fellowships and studentships of research, and to make grants in aid of research, for a purpose referred to in paragraph (a); and
(f) to collect, interpret and disseminate information relating to the scientific and technical matters; and
(g) to publish scientific and technical reports, periodicals and papers.
(2) In performing its functions, the Organisation shall take into account relevant Government policy as communicated to the Organisation
by the Minister or the Chief Executive Officer.
(3) The Organisation shall:
(a) treat the functions referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (b) as its primary functions; and
(b) treat the other functions referred to in subsection (1)(c) to (g) as its secondary functions.
6. Scope of Organisation’s activities –(1) The Organisation’s activities are restricted to:
(a) research in applied;
(b) introduce new ideas and implement technology transfer to commercial realities;
(c) commercialisation of research findings;
(d) development of recognition and award on innovations generated in conjunction with other recognised Organisations or organisations;
(e) publications;
(f) seminars.
(g) entering into partnership or any joint venture arrangement in any research and innovations conducted by or under the authority of the Organisation for the purposes of commercial development; and
(h) any other activities carried out for the purposes of expanding research and development.
(2) The Organisation shall, as far as possible, cooperate with other organisations and authorities in the co-ordination of scientific
research, with a view to:
(a) identifying clear and specific functions; and
(b) making use of available facilities, staff and resources most effectively.
7. Powers of the Organisation - The Organisation shall have power for carrying out its objectives and functions and all the acts as appear to the Organisation to be requisite, advantageous or convenient for or in connection with the carrying out of the Organisation’s purposes and functions or to be incidental to their proper discharge and may carry on any activities in that behalf either alone or through or in association with any other person or body.
8. Board of Directors-(1) There shall be a Board of Directors for the Organisation which shall, subject to this Act, have the following functions:
(a) to ensure the proper and efficient performance of the functions of the Organisation; and
(b) to determine the policy of the Organisation with respect to any matter; and
(c) to give directions relating to the administration of this Act to the Chief Executive Officer; and
(d) such other functions as are conferred on it by this Act.
(2) Subject to subsection (1), the Board shall consist of:
(a) the Chairperson, who shall be the Minister; and
(b) the Chief Executive Officer who shall be an ex-officio member; and
(c) not fewer than 7 and not more than 9 other directors who shall be appointed by Cabinet, acting on the advice of the Minister.
(3) In appointing directors under subsection (2)(c), the Minister and the Cabinet shall take into account:
(a) the need of the Organisation to have directors with qualifications, experience and expertise in various areas of science, renewable energy, information technology, engineering, finance,
commerce, management, ethics and such other qualifications, experience and expertise appropriate to the Organisation’s purposes and functions; and
(b) the desirability of gender equality and the representation of consumers and their families.
(4) Subject to this section, directors appointed under subsection (2)(c) hold office for a term of 3 years and may be reappointed.
(5) Any director appointed under subsection (2)(c) may be removed from office by Cabinet, acting on the advice of the Minister, for
inability, inefficiency, bankruptcy, neglect of duty, misconduct or permanent departure from Samoa, or may resign in writing to the
Minister.
(6) The office of a director becomes vacant if the director dies or resigns or is removed from office or completes their term of appointment
under subsection (4), and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
(7) Meetings of the Board shall be called by the Chairperson who shall preside at all meetings at which he or she is present or, in
the absence or unavailability of the Chairperson, on a request in writing to the secretary of the Board from at least four directors.
(8) In the absence or unavailability of the Chairperson, the directors shall appoint a director to chair a meeting of the Board.
(9) At a meeting, a quorum is constituted:
(a) six members, where the total number of Board members is 11 (including the Chairperson and the Chief Executive Officer); or
(b) by 5 members, where the total number of Board members is 9.
(10) Every question before any meeting of the Board is to be determined by a majority of directors present at the meeting but the
chairperson of that meeting shall have a deliberative vote and, in the case of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.
(11) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the Board may regulate its procedure as the Board thinks fit.
(12) The directors shall be paid such fees and allowances as approved by Cabinet.
(13) Where a director is incapacitated by a temporary illness or due to unforeseen circumstances cannot attend a meeting of the Board,
the director may nominate in writing, addressed to the chairperson of such meeting, a suitable alternate to attend on behalf of the
director, and such alternate is deemed to be a director for such meeting.
(14) The Board may co-opt other persons to attend and participate in the Board’s deliberations, but such persons shall not have
the power to vote on any matter.
(15) The Board may appoint a member of its staff to act as secretary to the Board but such staff member shall not:
(a) be a member of the Board; or
(b) have a right to vote; or
(c) have the right to speak at or otherwise participate in a Board meeting without leave of the Board.
9. Powers of the Board - The powers of the Board include but are not limited to:
(a) recruitment and appointment of a Chief Executive Officer and staff of the Organisation; and
(b) raising finance for the purposes of the Organisation; and
(c) determining fees to be charged on the services carried out by the Organisation; and
(d) determining partnerships to be entered into by the Organisation; and
(e) determining intellectual property rights of the Organisation; and
(f) determining and approving research programmes to be conducted by or under the authority of the Organisation; and
(g) obtaining and owning assets for the development of the Organisation; and
(h) initiating amendments to this Act from time to time where appropriate; and
(i) promoting the economy of Samoa through the national research and development projects carried out by the Organisation.
9A. Advisory committees –(1) The Board may establish advisory committees, consisting of such persons as the Board appoints, to give advice to the Board
on particular matters or classes of matters relating to the functions of the Organisation.
(2) The Board shall appoint one of the members of each advisory committee to be the Chairperson of that committee.
(3) The Board may determine the following:
(a) the manner in which an advisory committee is to perform its functions;
(b) the procedure to be followed in relation to meetings of an advisory committee, including matters relating to:
(i) the convening of meetings of the advisory committee;
(ii) the number of members of the advisory committee who are to constitute a quorum;
(iii) the selection of a member of the advisory committee to preside at meetings of the advisory committee at which the Chairperson of the advisory committee is not present; and
(iv) the manner in which questions arising at a meeting of the advisory committee are to be decided.
(4) If the Board decides that the members of an advisory committee should be remunerated, those members shall be paid by the Organisation
such remuneration as is approved by the Board in line with approved Government policies.
10. Chief Executive Officer of the Organisation-(1) There shall be a Chief Executive Officer of the Organisation who shall be appointed by the Board under section 9 and, subject
to this Act, hold office on a full-time basis for a term of 3 years, and may be reappointed under section 9(a).
(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible to the Minister and the Board:
(a) for the efficient, effective and economical administration of the Organisation in accordance with its related legislation;
(b) for the efficient and competent leadership and management of all employees of the Organisation in accordance with requirements
determined by the Board, related legislation and policies determined by the Board.
(3) The Chief Executive Officer has such leave entitlements as determined by the Board.
(4) The Minister may grant the Chief Executive Officer leave of absence, other than local leave, on such terms and conditions as he
or she sees fit.
(5) The Chief Executive Officer may resign the office of the Chief Executive Officer in writing signed by the Chief Executive Officer
and delivered to the Chairperson of the Board.
(6) The Chief Executive Officer shall give written notice to the Board of all direct or indirect pecuniary interests that the Chief
Executive Officer has or may have in any business or in any body corporate carrying on a business.
(7) The Board may terminate the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer on medical grounds, or if the Chief Executive Officer:
(a) becomes bankrupt; or
(b) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 10(6); or
(c) repeated absence from Board meetings without a valid explanation; or
(d) engages in paid employment outside the duties of the office of the Chief Executive Officer without the Board’s approval.
10A. Acting Chief Executive Officer of the
Organisation – (1) The Board may, by letter of appointment, appoint a person to act in the office of the Chief Executive Officer:
(a) during a vacancy in that office, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to that office; or
(b) during any period, or during all periods, when the Chief Executive Officer is absent from duty or from Samoa or is, for any other
reason, unable to perform the functions of that office.
(2) The Acting Chief Executive Officer:
(a) may be expressed to have effect only in such circumstances as are specified in the letter of appointment; and
(b) shall not continue so to act for more than 36 months.
(3) The Acting Chief Executive Officer:
(a) may exercise all powers, and shall perform all the functions of a Chief Executive Officer; and
(b) is entitled to a Higher Duty Allowance, which will be based on terms and conditions as specified by the Board in line with approved
Government policies, if he or she has acted for 10 or more working days.
(4) An Acting Chief Executive Officer may resign the appointment in writing, signed by the Acting Chief Executive Officer and delivered
to the Chairperson.
10B. Delegation – (1) Subject to the Board’s approval, the Chief Executive Officer may, in writing, delegate to an eligible person, or
to a committee or group of eligible persons, all or any of the Chief Executive Officer’s powers under this Act, other than
this power of delegation.
(2) A delegation may be:
(a) made subject to conditions, qualifications and exceptions; and
(b) revoked or varied at will.
(3) A delegate, under this section, in the exercise of a power so delegated, is subject to the directions of the Chief Executive Officer.
(4) Where the Chief Executive Officer delegates a power to a committee or group of persons, the Chief Executive Officer:
(a) may appoint one of the members of the committee to be Chairperson of the committee; and
(b) may determine the procedure to be followed in relation to meetings of the committee, including matters with respect to:
(i) the convening of meetings of the committee;
(ii) the number of members of the committee who are to constitute a quorum;
(iii) the selection of a member of the committee to preside at meetings of the committee at which the Chairperson of the committee is not present; and
(iv) the manner in which questions arising at a meeting of the committee are to be decided.
(5) A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of the powers of the Chief Executive Officer by the Chief Executive
Officer.
11. Functions of the Chief Executive Officer - The Chief Executive Officer has the following functions:
(a) manage the Organisation subject to resolutions by the Board;
(b) develop work plans to identify research priorities for the Organisation;
(c) formulate the annual budget of the Organisation;
(d) supervise staff and programmes of the Organisation;
(e) facilitate involvement of private and business sectors in the Organisation’s programmes;
(f) explore investment opportunities in activities undertaken by the Organisation;
(g) encourage and facilitate publication of the Organisation’s findings;
(h) promote public awareness, support and participation in research and development.
12. Staff and other personnel-(1) Subject to the Board’s approval the Chief Executive Officer may appoint such persons
to be officers of the Organisation as the Chief Executive Officer determines are necessary for the purpose of this Act.
(2) Staff employed by the Organisation other than staff regarded as members of the Organisation under subsection (4) shall not be
regarded as officers or employees of the Public Service.
(3) With the consent of the Public Service Commission and the Chief Executive Officer of the relevant Government Ministry or agency,
the Organisation may arrange for the use of the services of any staff (by secondment or otherwise) or facilities of any Government
Ministry or agency.
(4) For the purposes of this Act, any staff subject to subsection (3) is regarded as a member of the staff of the Organisation.
(5) The Organisation may engage consultants or other persons to undertake any task or work for or on behalf of the Organisation on
such terms and conditions as the Board determines.
13. Taxation-(1) In this section, “capital equipment” means the raw material or other material or equipment imported for the purposes
of the Organisation and to allow the Organisation to meet its objectives and perform its functions under this Act.
(2) For the purposes of the Customs Act 1977 and the VAGST Act 1992/1993, all capital equipment of the Organisation are exempted from
import duty and goods and services tax.
(3) A person who invests in a research programme under this Act is entitled to prescribed tax credits under this Act.
PART III
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
14. Intellectual property rights held by the Organisation-(1) A discovery, invention or improvement of or in any process, apparatus or machine made by an officer of the Organisation or eligible
person in the course of their official duties is the property of the Organisation.
(2) Under subsection (1), the Organisation holds the intellectual property rights to all research and innovations conducted by or
that resulted from any operation of research and innovations conducted under the authority of the Organisation.
(3) Under subsection (1), the Organisation holds the intellectual property rights to all research and innovations conducted by or
that resulted from any operation of research and innovations conducted under the authority of the Organisation.
(4) An officer of the Organisation or eligible person shall not, except with the consent in writing of the Chief Executive Officer,
make application for a patent for an invention that is made by the officer or eligible person in the course of their official duties
or that relates to any matter or work connected with their official duties.
(5) The Organisation may grant a licence or other right, in writing, to a part or the whole of the intellectual property rights held
by the Organisation to any person on such terms as the Organisation, in its absolute discretion, may determine.
15. Breach of intellectual property rights-(1) A person who knowingly infringes the intellectual property rights of the Organisation commits an offence.
(2) A person who knowingly aids or abets or counsels or procures another person to commit an offence under subsection (1) commits
an offence.
(3) A person convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable to a fine of up to 1000 penalty units or imprisonment for
one year, or both.
16. Seizure of material produced in breach of the Organisation’s Intellectual Property Rights-(1) Despite the provisions of any law, a police officer, acting on a written request from the Organisation, may seize any item or
object or other material where such item or object or other material is believed on reasonable grounds to have been created or brought
into existence as part of or as a consequence of a person committing an offence under section 15.
(2) Any item, object or material seized under this section is to be held in safe keeping by the Commissioner of Police Service and
is to be disposed of under subsection (4).
(3) Any item, object or material seized under this section may be used in connection with the prosecution for an offence under section
15.
(4) Any item, object or material seized under this section is to be made available by the Commissioner of Police Service for collection
by the person from whom the item or object or material was seized, and in the event that no person claims an item, object or material
within one month after any court proceedings have been concluded or within one month after determination by the Attorney General
that no charge shall be laid or prosecuted under section 15, whichever event applies, such item or object or material shall be forfeited
to Samoa.
16A. Corporate Plans – (1) In this section, “planning period” means a period not exceeding 3 years and which the Board declares to be
a planning period for the purposes of this section.
(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall:
(a) before the commencement of each planning period, formulate a corporate plan, for the planning period concerned, setting out:
(i) the broad mandate of the Organisation in performing its functions during the planning period;
(ii) the broad outline of the objectives, strategies and performance measures to be pursued by the Organisation to achieve those objectives; and
(b) from time to time, review and revise the corporate plan.
(3) A corporate plan, or a revision of a corporate plan, shall be approved by the Board as soon as practicable after it is formulated
and before it comes into effect.
16B. Annual Operational Plans – (1) The Chief Executive Officer shall:
(a) before the commencement of each financial year that is included in the corporate plan, formulate an annual operational plan, for the financial year concerned, setting out the details of:
(i) the strategies the Organisation proposed to pursue;
(ii) the activities the Organisation proposes to carry out; and
(iii) the resources the Organisation proposed to allocate to each such activity; and
(b) from time to time, review and revise the annual operational plan.
(2) An annual operational plan, or a revision of an annual operational plan:
(a) shall be submitted to the Board by the Chief Executive Officer as soon as practicable after it is formulated; and
(b) has no effect until approved by the Board.
PART IV
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS
17. Accounts and Annual Reports-(1) The Organisation shall cause to be kept proper accounts and records of the transactions and affairs of the Organisation and shall do all things necessary to ensure that:
(a) all funds received are brought to account; and
(b) all payments are properly authorised and correctly made and accounted for; and
(c) there are adequate controls over the Organisation’s:
(i) assets; and
(ii) property under the Organisation’s control; and
(iii) expenditure; and
(iv) liabilities.
(2) The Organisation is subject to the Public Finance Management Act 2001 and for this purpose, despite the provisions of that Act, the funds received by the Organisation are deemed to be public money and
the assets and property of the Organisation are deemed to be public property.
(3) The Organisation shall cause to be prepared and submitted to the Minister, within 6 months of the end of the financial year of
the Organisation, an annual report containing the following:
(a) financial statements for the financial year;
(b) performance indicators and such information as may be directed by the Minister of Finance;
(c) a report on the operations of the Organisation during the preceding financial year;
(d) such other information as Cabinet may require.
(4) The financial statements referred to in subsection (3) shall be prepared on an accrual accounting basis and shall consist of the
following:
(a) a statement of financial transactions of the Organisation for the financial year:
(b) a statement of the financial position of the Organisation at the end of the financial year;
(c) proper and adequate notes to the financial statements.
(5) The financial statements referred to in subsection (3) shall:
(a) present fairly the financial transactions of the Organisation during the financial year to which they relate; and
(b) present fairly the financial position of the Organisation at the end of the financial year.
(6) The Organisation shall, within four months after the end of each financial year, cause to be submitted to the Controller
and Chief Auditor for audit the financial statements and other information referred to in subsection (3).
(7) The financial year of the Organisation shall be from 1 July to 30 June.
(8) The Minister shall table the annual report of the Organisation together with the Controller and Chief Auditor’s report on
the Organisation’s financial statements before Parliament within 14 sitting days of receiving the Controller and Chief Auditor’s
audit report.
17A. Moneys payable to Organisation – (1) There are payable to the Organisation such moneys as are appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Minister of Finance may give directions as to the amounts in which, and the times at which, moneys referred to in subsection
(1) are to be paid to the Organisation.
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
18. Protection from liability-(1) Despite any other law, the Organisation, the Board, the directors and employees of the Organisation are not be civilly liable
for any act or omission made or done in good faith.
(2) Where, but for subsection (1), the Organisation, the Board, the directors or the employees of the Organisation would be civilly
liable for any act or omission, Samoa is to be civilly liable for any such act or omission as if the Organisation was the Government,
and the Government Proceedings Act 1974 shall applies with such modifications, adaptations and alterations to that Act as necessary to enable that Act to apply.
(3) Save for subsections (2), and section 12(2) and (3), for all purposes the Organisation, the Board, the directors and the employees
of the Organisation are not regarded as the employees or agents of Samoa, the Government, the Minister, or the Chief Executive Officer.
18A. Reference to other Acts – This Act is to be administered in accordance with the requirements of the Public Finance Management Act 2001 and the Public Bodies (Performance and Accountability) Act 2001.
19. Delegation-(1) The Organisation and the Board may, in writing, delegate to any person any function or power of the Organisation or Board, as
the case may require, other than this power of delegation.
(2) A delegation under subsection (1) may be:
(a) made subject to conditions, qualifications and exceptions; and
(b) revoked or varied at will.
(3) The Organisation and the Board, as the case may require, may exercise a function or power even if they had delegated its exercise
to some other person.
20. Regulations-(1) The Head of State, acting on the advice of Cabinet, may make regulations not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters
which by this Act are required
or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act,
and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations concerning the following matters:
(a) for prescribing fees or a basis for calculating fees on services carried out by the Organisation;
(b) for prescribing tax credits and tax benefits which an investor under this Act may be entitled to.
REVISION NOTES 2008-2011
This Act has been revised under section 5 of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008.
The following general revisions have been made:
(a) Amendments have been made to conform to modern drafting styles and to use modern language as applied in the laws of Samoa.
(b) Insertion of the commencement date
(c) Other minor editing has been done in accordance with the lawful powers of the Attorney General, where appropriate:
(i) Present tense drafting style:
- “shall be” changed to “is/are” or “is/are to be”
- “shall have” changed to “has”
- “from time to time” removed
(ii) Removal/replacement of obsolete and archaic terms with plain language
- “notwithstanding that” changed to “even if”
- “in accordance with the provisions of” changed to “under”
(iii) Numbers in words changed to figures
(iv) Removal of superfluous terms: “the provisions of”
(v) Removal of “and” from “and/or”
(vi) Adopting practice of placing “and” or “or” at the end of each paragraph where appropriate.
This Act amends the Research and Development Institute of Samoa Act 2006 as enacted by Parliament since the publication of the Consolidated and Revised Statutes of Samoa 2007–
Whole Act - the word “Institute” and wherever it appears is replaced by the word “Organisation”
Long Title - The words “Research and Development Institute of Samoa” are deleted and substituted by the words “Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa and for related purposes”
Section 2 - is amended by inserting definitions for the words – chairperson, eligible person, ex-officio member, member, officer, organisation and scientific research, and deleting the word “Institute” and its interpretation.
Section 3 - is amended by deleting the words “Research and Development Institute” and substituted with the words “Scientific Research Organisation” and adding words to subsection 3(2).
Section 4 - is amended by deleting and substituting certain words in section 4(e).
Section 5 - is amended by deleting paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection 5(1) and substituting them with new paragraphs (a) – (g), and inserting a subsection (3).
Section 6 - is amended by providing a subsection (1) with certain words deleted and substituted, and inserting a subsection (2)
Section 8 - is amended by deleting certain words and substituting with paragraphs (a) – (d) for subsection 8(1), subsection 8(2)(b) and (c) are amended by deleting and substituting certain words, subsection 8(7) is amended by inserting certain words to paragraphs (a) and (b), and subsection 8(9) is amended by deleting the whole subsection and substituting with a new subsection (9) (a) and (b), and inserting a new section 9A.
Section 10 - is amended by inserting certain words in subsection (1), inserting after subsection (2) subsections (3)-(7), and inserting a new section 10A and 10B.
Section 12 - is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting with a new subsection (1)
Section 14 - is amended by deleting the whole section and substituting with new section 14.
Section 16 - new sections 16A and 16 B are inserted.
Section 17 - new section 17A is inserted
Section 18 - new section 18A is inserted.
Format of principal Act – The principal Act is amended by dividing it in Parts as follows:
Part I – PRELIMINARY before section 1
Part II – THE ORGANISATION before section 3
Part III – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS before section 14
Part IV - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS before section 17
Part V – MISCELLANEOUS before section 18
There were no amendments made to this Act since the publication of the Consolidated and Revised Statutes of Samoa 2007.
This Act has been consolidated and revised in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the Attorney General under the authority of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008 and is the official version of this Act as at 31 December 2011. It is an offence to publish this Act without approval or to make any unauthorised change to an electronic version of this Act.
Aumua Ming Leung Wai
Attorney General of Samoa
Revised and consolidated in 2008 by the Legislative Drafting Division under the supervision of Teleiai Lalotoa Sinaalamaimaleula Mulitalo (Parliamentary Counsel)
Revised in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the Legislative Drafting Division under the supervision of Papalii Malietau Malietoa (Parliamentary Counsel).
Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa Act 2008 is administered by the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa.
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