{"id":"F2019L00150","name":"Industry Research and Development (Automotive Innovation Lab Access Grants Program) Instrument 2019","slug":"industry-research-and-development-automotive-innovation-lab-access-grants-program-instrument-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439929,"registerId":"F2019L00150-fast-fetch-1775955760987","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (Automotive Innovation Lab Access Grants Program) Instrument 2019","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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nIndustry Research and Development (Automotive Innovation Lab Access Grants Program) Instrument 2019\n\nI, Karen Andrews, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 13 February 2019\n\nKaren Andrews\n\nMinister for Industry, Science and Technology\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \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\n7 Eligibility criteria relating to program\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Automotive Innovation Lab Access Grants Program) Instrument 2019.\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instrument is registered. 19 February 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 means the Automotive Innovation Lab Access Grants Program.\n\n5  Prescribed program\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the program is prescribed.\n\n (2) The program provides funding to businesses to undertake automotive design, prototype and testing activities at specialised facilities and service organisations.\n\n (3) The purpose of the program is:\n\n (a) to support new automotive product development; and\n\n (b) to enhance the automotive design and product development process; and\n\n (c) to expand high‑value automotive manufacturing operations.\n\n6  Specified legislative power\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the power of the Parliament under paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution to make laws with respect to foreign corporations and trading or financial corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth is specified.\n\n7  Eligibility criteria relating to program\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 33(4) of the Act, the eligibility criteria relating to the program include the requirement that applicants must be trading or financial corporations to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.\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 of establishing a specific grants program for automotive innovation. It has not expanded beyond this narrow scope."},"complexity_factors":["Only 7 sections total, with minimal text","Just 2 defined terms ('Act' and 'program')","No cross-references beyond basic references to the parent Act and Constitution","Simple linear structure with no exceptions, conditions, or nested logic","Eligibility criteria reduced to a single constitutional requirement","No schedules, tables of substantive content, or procedural rules"],"plain_english_summary":"The legislation creates the Automotive Innovation Lab Access Grants Program, funding businesses to use specialised automotive labs for design, prototyping and vehicle testing. It targets trading or financial corporations (the constitutional limit on federal grants), not individuals or other business structures.\n\nThe aim is to boost new car product development, refine design processes and grow high‑value automotive manufacturing in Australia by subsidising access to costly testing and prototyping resources."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument itself sets and confines scope: it prescribes a grants program funding automotive design, prototype and testing activities and restricts applicants to trading or financial corporations under par. 51(xx) (s5, s6, s7). It does not on its face expand or narrow that core scope beyond those stated limits."},"complexity_factors":["Short, self-contained instrument with four substantive provisions (name, commencement, authority, definitions) plus program prescription (s1–s5).","Direct cross-reference to the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 for statutory authority (s3) — requires reading the Act for procedural detail.","Specification of constitutional power (par. 51(xx)) to limit eligible entities to trading or financial corporations (s6, s7).","No procedural, application, assessment, or payment rules included — administrative detail is delegated to other instruments or the administering agency, creating implementation dependence.","Eligibility restriction to corporations concentrates compliance requirements and excludes individuals/unincorporated entities (s7)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument prescribes the Automotive Innovation Lab Access Grants Program under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, authorising government funding for businesses to use specialised facilities for automotive design, prototyping and testing (s3, s5).  \n\nApplicants must be trading or financial corporations within the constitutional head of power specified, so eligibility, compliance and payment decisions are limited to those corporate applicants (s6, s7)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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