UGANDA TRYPANOSOMIASIS CONTROL COUNCIL ACT.

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council; to provide for its composition, objects and functions; to provide for its finances and for other connected purposes.

PART I
INTERPRETATION.

1. Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) "chairperson" means the chairperson of the council and includes the vice chairperson;

(b) "council" means the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council established by section 2;

(d) "member" means a member of the council;

(e) "Minister" means the Minister for the time being assigned responsibility for the council by the President;

(f) "programme" means the master plan adopted by the working party of representatives of the Government of Uganda and of the donor community held in Kampala between 15th"> and 19th"> August, 1988, as amended from time to time, with the approval of the Government of Uganda;

(g) "secretariat" means the secretariat referred to in section 14.

PART II
ESTABLISHMENT, OBJECTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL.

2. Establishment of the council.

(1) There is established the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council, in this Act referred to as "the council".

(2) The council shall be a body corporate, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

(3) The council may, for and in connection with its objects and functions under this Act, purchase, hold, manage and dispose of any property, whether movable or immovable, and may enter into any contract and other transactions as may be expedient and may do any other act or thing as in law may be done by a body corporate.

3. Objects of the council.

The objects of the council are—

(a) to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of all aspects of the programme;

(b) to formulate policies and determine priorities for tsetse and trypanosomiasis research and control in Uganda in relation to the economic and social policies of the Government;

(c) to advise the Government and make to the Government such recommendations as it may consider necessary concerning the financial, human and other resource requirements for the implementation of the programme;

(d) to consider and approve, in consultation with the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology established by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology Act, any research projects arising out of the programme and to assign them to any institution within or outside the council;

(e) to ensure the proper application of the results and the due implementation of the recommendations of any research activities in the programme;

(f) to advise the Minister on the management and coordination of the programme at all levels, including the setting up of new research institutions; and

(g) to establish units and technical services in relation to the programme.

4. Functions of the council.

(1) For the attainment of the objects of the council under section 3, the council shall have the following functions—

(a) to monitor all aspects of the programme and to intervene if work plans are not carried out according to plan or if any project input is not utilised for the purpose for which it is intended;

(b) to direct any department, authority or agency or person responsible for giving effect to any part of the programme to carry out any particular activities in the interest of the programme;

(c) to intervene and give appropriate directions if any terms of reference concerning any particular project are not being duly implemented;

(d) to liaise with donors, executing agencies and Ministries and departments regarding any requisition or input required for the programme;

(e) to direct the activities of the secretariat;

(f) to administer the property and funds of the council for ensuring the proper and efficient carrying out of the objects and functions

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