{"id":"F2021L00610","name":"Industry Research and Development (Boosting Australia's Diesel Storage Program) Instrument 2021","slug":"industry-research-and-development-boosting-australia-s-diesel-storage-program-instrument-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440859,"registerId":"F2021L00610-fast-fetch-1775956335663","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (Boosting Australia's Diesel Storage Program) Instrument 2021","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 (Boosting Australia’s Diesel Storage Program) Instrument 2021\n\nI, Angus Taylor, Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 20 May 2021\n\nAngus Taylor\n\nMinister for Energy and Emissions Reduction\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 (Boosting Australia’s Diesel Storage Program) Instrument 2021.\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this instrument is registered. 25 May 2021\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Boosting Australia’s Diesel Storage Program (the program) is prescribed.\n\n (2) The program provides funding for grants to support activities that increase Australia’s diesel oil storage capacity.\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) trade and commerce with other countries, and among the States (within the meaning of paragraph 51(i) of the Constitution);\n\n (b) foreign corporations, and trading or financial corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution).\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":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: establishing a specific diesel storage grants program under the Industry Research and Development Act framework. It does not expand beyond this narrow administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 7 sections spanning approximately 2 pages","Minimal defined terms: only 2 definitions ('Act' and 'program')","No cross-references beyond basic citations to the parent Act and Constitution","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements in the instrument itself","Simple linear structure: name, commencement, authority, definitions, substantive provisions","Eligibility criteria referenced but not detailed within this instrument (delegated to program guidelines)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument creates the Boosting Australia’s Diesel Storage Program under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 to provide grant funding for businesses that build or expand diesel storage capacity.  \n\nIt targets trading and financial corporations—energy companies, fuel suppliers and large commercial operators—and is intended to strengthen national fuel security by increasing domestic storage while keeping the scheme within federal constitutional powers."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not amend the Act or expand parliamentary powers; it simply prescribes a named grant program, specifies the constitutional heads of power being relied on, and narrows eligibility to paragraph 51(xx) corporations (s5–s7). It therefore implements but does not change the statutory scope of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (s3)."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument prescribing one grant program (s5).","Legal references to constitutional heads of power (paragraph 51(i) and 51(xx)) create technical legal framing (s6).","Eligibility narrowly limited to trading or financial corporations, constraining applicant pool and creating a clear compliance boundary (s7).","No operational or application details in the instrument — administrative design and grant criteria are delegated to implementing authorities (s3, s5).","Dependence on the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 for authority and context (s3; defined term 'Act')."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument prescribes the \"Boosting Australia’s Diesel Storage Program\", authorising grants to increase national diesel storage capacity (s5). It restricts applicants to trading or financial corporations under paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution (s7) and identifies the Commonwealth legislative heads of power relied on (s6); operational grant rules and administration are left to the implementing agency (s3–s5)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-boosting-australia-s-diesel-storage-program-instrument-2021","history":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-boosting-australia-s-diesel-storage-program-instrument-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-boosting-australia-s-diesel-storage-program-instrument-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-boosting-australia-s-diesel-storage-program-instrument-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-boosting-australia-s-diesel-storage-program-instrument-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-boosting-australia-s-diesel-storage-program-instrument-2021/documents"}}