| (a) | to cause, by itself or in collaboration with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research established by section 2 of the Scientific Research Council Act, 1945 (Act No. 33 of 1945), any State department, university or other institution, research to be undertaken in respect of matters relating to water; |
| (b) | to promote the research referred to in section 2(3), and in connection therewith to establish research programmes or to alter research programmes to established; |
| (c) | to make grants, with the approval of the Minister, and on such conditions as the Minister may approve (including conditions relating to rights regarding inventions and discoveries arising therefrom) from the fund to individuals, universities and other institutions for the benefit of such research, the development work for the application of the results of such research and the establishment of facilities for such research; |
| (d) | to receive and to examine progress reports on such research and the development work for the application of the results of such research; |
| (e) | to obtain information relating to such research and to development work for the application of the results of such research; |
| (f) | to accumulate, to assimilate and disseminate knowledge in regard to the results of such research and the application thereof, and to promote development work for the purposes of such application; |
| (g) | to cooperate with institutions undertaking such research in other countries, with a view to the accumulation or dissemination of knowledge of such research and the results thereof; |
| (h) | to advise the Minister in respect of the levying of rates or charges under section 11; |
| (i) | with the approval of the Minister, to purchase, hire or otherwise acquire and to hold such immovable property as the commission may consider necessary for the performance of its functions, and alienate or let any immovable property held by it; |
| (j) | to take such other measures as the commission may to the attainment of its objects |
[Section 3(1)(j) inserted by section 1 (1)(b) of Act No. 37 of 1975]
[Section 3(1) substituted by section 1(1) of Act No. 37 of 1975]
| (2) | If progress reports on research by virtue of the provisions of subsection (1)(a), or on research, development work or the establishment of facilities, for the benefit of which any grant is made under subsection (1)(c), are not furnished by the person or body concerned as called for by the commission from time to time, the payment or any part thereof for the research concerned, or the paying over of the grant concerned or any part thereof, may be withheld as the commission may think fit. |
