{"id":"F2022L00482","name":"Industry Research and Development (Catalysing the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity in Our Regions Program) Instrument 2022","slug":"industry-research-and-development-catalysing-the-artificial-intelligence-opportunity-in-our-regions-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441330,"registerId":"F2022L00482-fast-fetch-1775956652294","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (Catalysing the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity in Our Regions Program) Instrument 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\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 (Catalysing the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity in Our Regions Program) Instrument 2022\n\nI, Melissa Price, Minister for Science and Technology, make the following instrument.\n\nDated: 29 March 2022\n\nMelissa Price\n\nMinister for Science and Technology\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\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Catalysing the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity in Our Regions Program) Instrument 2022.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\nregional-AI-focused corporations means constitutional corporations that, independently of the program, engage in, or intend to engage in, either or both of the following activities:\n\n (a) activities to build artificial intelligence capabilities for businesses and communities;\n\n (b) activities to develop businesses and communities in regional areas.\n\n5  Prescribed program\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the Catalysing the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity in Our Regions Program (the program) is prescribed.\n\n (2) The program is to provide funding for grants to regional-AI-focused corporations to deliver projects that build artificial intelligence capabilities for businesses and communities in regional areas.\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","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward, narrow instrument that does exactly what its title suggests: it prescribes a specific grants program for regional AI development. There is no evidence of scope creep; it remains tightly focused on establishing the program under the existing legislative framework."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (6 sections, approximately 1 page)","Only 3 defined terms in section 4 ('Act', 'program', 'regional-AI-focused corporations')","Simple structure with no nested exceptions or conditional logic","Single cross-reference to the Industry Research and Development Act 1986","No operational detail — funding mechanics, eligibility criteria, and grant conditions are left to the parent Act or separate guidelines"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument establishes the \"Catalysing the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity in Our Regions Program,\" a grants scheme funding corporations to deliver AI projects that build capabilities or drive business and community development in regional Australia.  \n\nIt targets constitutional corporations working on regional AI, aims to boost local tech and economic development, and is authorised using the corporations power and existing Industry Research and Development Act authority."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No change from an earlier instrument is evident from the text provided. The instrument prescribes a new program, specifies eligible recipients and the constitutional power relied on, and delegates administration to the Act; there is no competing earlier scope in the provided material to compare."},"complexity_factors":["Short, narrowly framed instrument with limited provisions (ss1–6) reduces complexity.","Defines a single eligibility category—\"regional‑AI‑focused corporations\"—but that term uses broad activity descriptions (s4), creating interpretive scope.","Relies on statutory grant-making power under s33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (s3); substantive grant rules and application procedures sit outside this instrument.","Specifies constitutional basis (s51(xx)) (s6), introducing technical constitutional considerations for legal validity.","No procedural or compliance detail (selection criteria, reporting, accountability) in this instrument increases implementation dependence on other instruments and administrative discretion."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument creates the \"Catalysing the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity in Our Regions Program\" and authorises Commonwealth grant funding for projects that build AI capabilities for businesses and communities in regional areas (s5(1)–(2)). It limits recipients to \"regional‑AI‑focused corporations\" (defined at s4), is made under s33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (s3), and states the constitutional head of power relied on (s51(xx)) (s6). Who pays: Commonwealth grants. Who decides: Minister/agency administering the Act."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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