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Short Title
1Short title#
This Act may be cited as the International Development Research Centre Act.note
Interpretation
2Definitions#
In this Act,
Chairman [Repealed, 2010, c. 12, s. 1746]
Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board; (Version anglaise seulement)
research includes any scientific or technical inquiry or experimentation that is instituted or carried out to discover new knowledge or new means of applying existing knowledge to the solution of economic and social problems; (recherches)
science includes the natural and social sciences. (sciences)
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Centre Established
Objects and Powers of Centre
4Corporate objects#
(1)The objects of the Centre are to initiate, encourage, support and conduct research into the problems of the developing regions of the world and into the means for applying and adapting scientific, technical and other knowledge to the economic and social advancement of those regions and, in carrying out those objects,
(a)to enlist the talents of natural and social scientists and technologists in Canada and other countries;
(b)to assist the developing regions to build up the research capabilities, the innovative skills and the institutions required to solve their problems;
(c)to encourage generally the coordination of international development research; and
(d)to foster cooperation in research on development problems between the developed and developing regions for their mutual benefit.
(2)The Centre, in furtherance of its objects, may exercise any or all of the following powers in Canada or elsewhere, namely, the power to
(a)establish, maintain and operate information and data centres and facilities for research and other activities;
(c)support or assist research by governments, by international, public or private organizations and agencies, or by individuals;
(d)enter into contracts or agreements with governments, with international, public or private organizations and agencies, or with individuals;
(e)give recognition, by such means as the Centre deems appropriate, for outstanding contributions to international development by international, public or private organizations and agencies, or by individuals, and publish and otherwise disseminate scientific, technical or other information;
(f)sponsor or support conferences, seminars and other meetings;
(g)acquire, hold and alienate real property or any interest therein at pleasure;
(h)acquire by gift, bequest or otherwise, and hold, expend, invest, administer or dispose of, any money, securities or other property subject to the terms, if any, on which the money, securities or other property is given, bequeathed or otherwise made available to the Centre;
(j)do such other things as are conducive to the carrying out of its objects and the exercise of its powers.
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Organization
5Appointment of Chairperson#
(1)The Chairperson of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during pleasure for a term not exceeding five years.
(2)The first President of the Centre shall be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during pleasure for a term not exceeding five years and any subsequent President shall be appointed by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Board to hold office during pleasure for a term not exceeding five years.
(3)Each of the governors, other than the Chairperson and the President, shall be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during pleasure for such term not exceeding four years as will ensure as far as possible the expiration in any one year of the terms of appointment of fewer than half of the governors.
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6Vice-Chairperson#
(1)The Board shall elect one of the governors to be Vice-Chairperson of the Board.
(2)In the event of the absence or incapacity of the Chairperson, or if the office of Chairperson is vacant, the Vice-Chairperson of the Board has all the duties and may perform all the functions of the Chairperson.
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7President#
(2)In the event of the absence or incapacity of the President, or if the office of President is vacant, the Board may authorize an officer of the Centre to act as President, but no person so authorized shall act as President for a period exceeding sixty days without the approval of the Governor in Council.
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9Salary and expenses#
The governors shall be paid such remuneration and expenses as are fixed by the Governor in Council.note
10Majority of governors#
(1)The Chairperson, the Vice-chairperson and at least six other governors must be Canadian citizens.
(2)At least eight of the governors must have experience in the field of international development or experience or training in the natural or social sciences or technology.
(3)Two of the governors who are Canadian citizens, other than the Chairperson and the Vice-chairperson, may be appointed from among the members of the Senate or the House of Commons.
(4)A member appointed under subsection (3) shall not be paid remuneration but is eligible for expenses and, if he or she is a member of the House of Commons, is not, by reason of being the holder of the office or place in respect of which those expenses are payable, rendered incapable of being elected, or of sitting or voting, as a member of that House.
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11Executive committee#
(1)There shall be an executive committee of the Board consisting of the Chairperson, the President and at least three other governors annually elected from the Board by the governors in such a manner that a majority of the members of the committee are Canadian citizens.
(3)The Board shall appoint one of the members of the executive committee to be the chairperson of the executive committee.
(4)The executive committee shall meet at least four times in each year.
(5)Three members of the executive committee, at least two of whom are Canadian citizens, constitute a quorum.
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12Fellows of the Centre#
(2)The Centre may prescribe the period of time during which any person shall be named a Fellow pursuant to subsection (1) and the stipend, if any, to be paid to any such person.
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16Meetings of Board#
(1)The Board shall meet at least twice in each year, with at least one such meeting at the head office of the Centre, and at such other times and places as the Chairperson deems necessary.
(2)The Chairperson shall preside at meetings of the Board.
By-laws
17By-laws#
(a)the constitution of advisory or other committees appointed pursuant to section 13, and the salaries and expenses, if any, to be paid to the members of those committees;
(b)the duties and conduct of officers, agents and employees of the Centre;
(c)the conditions of employment and the remuneration of officers, agents and employees of the Centre;
(d)the procedure in all business at meetings;
(f)generally the conduct and management of the affairs of the Centre.
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18Not agent of Her Majesty#
(2)The officers and employees of the Centre shall be deemed to be employed in the public service for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act and the Centre shall be deemed to be a public service corporation for the purposes of section 37 of that Act.
(3)The Public Service Superannuation Act does not apply to the governors unless in the case of any such governor the Governor in Council otherwise directs.
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19Application of Income Tax Act#
The Centre shall, for the purposes of the Income Tax Act, be deemed to be a registered charity as defined in that Act.note
Financial
20International Development Research Centre Account#
(1)The Centre shall establish, under its management in a bank or in an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act that is not subject to the restrictions and requirements referred to in subsection 524(2) of that Act in respect of its business in Canada, an account to be known as the International Development Research Centre Account, in this section called the “Account”.
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Audit
Report to Parliament
22Annual report#
(1)The Chairperson shall, within four months after the termination of each fiscal year, submit to the Minister a report relating to the activities of the Centre for that fiscal year, including the financial statements of the Centre and the report thereon of the Auditor General of Canada.
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