{"id":"F2020L01594","name":"Industry Research and Development (COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program) Instrument 2020","slug":"industry-research-and-development-covid-19-consumer-travel-support-program-instrument-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":130803,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2020L01594-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (COVID‑19 Consumer Travel Support Program) Instrument 2020.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 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```html\n

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Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1. The whole of this instrument

Immediately after this instrument is registered.

11 December 2020

\n```\n\n> Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under section 33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> Act means the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.\n\n> program: see subsection 5(1).","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prescribed program","content":"#### 5 Prescribed program\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the COVID‑19 Consumer Travel Support Program (the program) is prescribed.\n (2) The purpose of the program is to alleviate the negative economic impacts of the coronavirus known as COVID‑19 on the travel industry by providing immediate, short‑term financial support to travel agents, and tour arrangement service providers, that have, at any time, qualified for the jobkeeper scheme.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified legislative power","content":"#### 6 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 (a) trade and commerce with other countries, and among the States (within the meaning of paragraph 51(i) of the Constitution);\n (b) bankruptcy and insolvency (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xvii) of the Constitution);\n (c) 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).","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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It was designed specifically to provide short-term COVID-19 support to travel agents and tour operators who had accessed JobKeeper, and it does exactly that without expanding into broader industry assistance or creating ongoing entitlements."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 6 operative sections","Minimal defined terms: only 2 definitions ('Act' and 'program')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act and Constitution","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single straightforward purpose with clear eligibility criteria","Standard constitutional specification section (common boilerplate)"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument establishes a temporary COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program to deliver short-term cash payments to travel agents and tour operators who received JobKeeper. It’s meant to keep travel businesses solvent, protect consumer bookings and deposits, and avoid mass insolvencies after the pandemic collapse of travel. Made as a legislative instrument under the Industry Research and Development Act, it relies on trade, bankruptcy and nationhood powers."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument simply prescribes the COVID‑19 Consumer Travel Support Program and defines its purpose and eligible recipients (s5). It does not indicate any amendment to or departure from an earlier instrument or original policy text within this instrument, nor does it expand or narrow eligibility beyond the criteria it sets out."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, single-purpose instrument with limited provisions (s1, s5).","Eligibility hinges on prior JobKeeper qualification, requiring cross-reference to and verification against external scheme records (s5).","Commencement is immediate on registration, which raises short implementation lead times for administrators (s2).","Relies on statutory authority in s33 of the Act and specifies constitutional heads of power, introducing legal-constitutional framing to validate the measure (s3, s6).","Key operational details (who administers payments, payment amounts, application process) are not specified in the instrument, leaving substantive administrative discretion to implementers (implicit across instrument).","Phrase \"at any time\" for JobKeeper qualification may raise interpretive questions about temporal scope and evidence (s5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument prescribes the COVID‑19 Consumer Travel Support Program under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 and authorises immediate, short‑term financial support for travel agents and tour arrangement service providers that have at any time qualified for the JobKeeper scheme (s3, s5). Commencement is immediate on registration (s2); the instrument relies on the Act’s s33 authority and lists the constitutional heads of power relevant to the program (s3, s6) but does not itself set out administrative or payment mechanics."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-covid-19-consumer-travel-support-program-instrument-2020","history":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-covid-19-consumer-travel-support-program-instrument-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-covid-19-consumer-travel-support-program-instrument-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-covid-19-consumer-travel-support-program-instrument-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-covid-19-consumer-travel-support-program-instrument-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-covid-19-consumer-travel-support-program-instrument-2020/documents"}}