Section 5: Duties of boards.

(1) It shall be the duty of the board of each institute-
(a) to prepare a programme of research within the field for which that institute is responsible for such periods of not less than three years as the board may, with the approval of the Minister, determine, together with detailed estimates of the expenditure which will be required to carry out the programme;
(b) each year to review, and if necessary revise, the programme approved under paragraph (a) of this section for the following year, together with the estimates of expenditure for that year;
(c) to submit the programmes and estimates of the expenditure, and any annual revisions, for approval by the Minister;
(d) to carry out the programme of research approved by the Minister; and
(e) to arrange for the preparation of annual reports on the progress of research conducted by the institute and the submission of such reports to the Minister.