{"id":"F2024L00991","name":"Industry Research and Development (Australia-United States Partnership in Landsat Next Program) Instrument 2024","slug":"industry-research-and-development-australia-united-states-partnership-in-landsat-next-program-instru","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442513,"registerId":"F2024L00991-fast-fetch-1775957490130","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (Australia-United States Partnership in Landsat Next Program) Instrument 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nIndustry Research and Development (Australia‑United States Partnership in Landsat Next Program) Instrument 2024\n\n \n\nI, Madeleine King, Minister for Resources, make the following instrument.\n\nDated: 12 August 2024\n\nMadeleine King\n\nMinister for Resources\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Prescribed program\n\n6  Specified legislative power\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Australia-United States Partnership in Landsat Next Program) Instrument 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under section 33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.\n\nprogram: see subsection 5(1).\n\n5  Prescribed program\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the Australia‑United States Partnership in Landsat Next Program (the program) is prescribed.\n\n (2) The program provides funding to establish an Australia-United States partnership in the Landsat Next satellite mission, including by providing funding for the following:\n\n (a) Australian data hub infrastructure, including Australian data processing and distribution systems;\n\n (b) the facilitation of the use of data obtained from the Landsat arrangements, including data product and tool creation, international collaboration, advocacy, education and outreach;\n\n (c) the use of advanced technologies to analyse current and future Landsat data;\n\n (d) the facilitation of access for countries in the Indo-Pacific region to the data;\n\n (e) establishing, operating and maintaining a fit-for-purpose ground network, including satellite ground stations and associated infrastructure.\n\n (3) The purpose of the program is to enable Australia to become a core partner in the Landsat Next satellite mission’s ground network, to secure open access to past and future Landsat data and to establish, operate and maintain an upgraded Australian‑owned and operated ground station in the Northern Territory.\n\n6  Specified legislative power\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the powers of the Parliament to make laws with respect to the following are specified:\n\n (a) external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution);\n\n (b) enterprises and activities that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation (see paragraph 51(xxxix) and section 61 of the Constitution);\n\n (c) the government of a Territory (within the meaning of section 122 of the Constitution).\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose: authorising funding for the Landsat Next partnership. It does not expand beyond the specific satellite mission and associated ground infrastructure described in the program details."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (6 sections, approximately 1 page)","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and 'program')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act (Industry Research and Development Act 1986)","Simple linear structure with no conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward purpose clause with clear funding allocations","Minimal constitutional specification (standard 'external affairs' and territory powers)"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument formally approves Australian government funding for the Australia–United States Partnership in the Landsat Next Program, enabling expenditure under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 to build data infrastructure, tools, analysis capabilities, and ground stations (including in the Northern Territory) and to share data with Indo‑Pacific partners.\n\nIt secures Australia’s status as a core partner in the next Landsat mission, keeping vital satellite data available to researchers, industry and regional partners while grounding the law in Australia’s external‑affairs, nation‑building and territory powers."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not amend the Industry Research and Development Act; it prescribes a specific program under the Act (s33) and identifies the constitutional powers relied upon (section 6). It therefore does not change the statutory scope of the Act but creates a distinct funded program within the Act’s existing framework."},"complexity_factors":["Statutory basis is narrow and explicit: prescribes one program under s33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (Authority: section 3).","Technical and operational subject matter (satellite mission, data hubs, ground stations) increases implementation complexity beyond the instrument’s text (section 5(2)).","International partnership element invokes external affairs power, requiring coordination with foreign partners and possible international law considerations (section 6(a)).","Specifies multiple constitutional powers as legal footing (external affairs; national enterprises/ Crown activities; Territory government — section 6), which can affect legal reach and litigation risk.","Instrument gives program-level goals but omits detailed funding, procurement or operational rules, leaving significant administrative discretion and implementation risk (section 5 and absence of spending detail).","Cross-jurisdictional coordination required across Commonwealth agencies, the Northern Territory and international partners, raising governance and contracting complexity.","Operational obligations (data access, ground‑network establishment, Indo‑Pacific facilitation) imply ongoing compliance and infrastructure costs for public and private participants (section 5(2))."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument prescribes the “Australia–United States Partnership in Landsat Next Program” under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, creating funding to build Australian data‑hub and ground‑station capacity and to support use and distribution of Landsat satellite data. \n\nIt affects Commonwealth and Territory agencies, firms and researchers that build or operate satellite ground infrastructure and data services, and countries in the Indo‑Pacific that may access the data. The instrument states its purpose is to make Australia a core Landsat Next partner, secure open access to Landsat data, and establish an upgraded Australian‑owned ground station in the Northern Territory."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-australia-united-states-partnership-in-landsat-next-program-instru","history":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-australia-united-states-partnership-in-landsat-next-program-instru/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-australia-united-states-partnership-in-landsat-next-program-instru/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-australia-united-states-partnership-in-landsat-next-program-instru/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-australia-united-states-partnership-in-landsat-next-program-instru/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-australia-united-states-partnership-in-landsat-next-program-instru/documents"}}