{"id":"F2020L01101","name":"Industry Research and Development (Eat Seafood Australia Program) Instrument 2020","slug":"industry-research-and-development-eat-seafood-australia-program-instrument-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440591,"registerId":"F2020L01101-fast-fetch-1775956162436","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (Eat Seafood Australia Program) Instrument 2020","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 (Eat Seafood Australia Program) Instrument 2020\n\nI, Jonathon Duniam, as delegate of the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 25 August 2020\n\nJonathon Duniam\n\nAssistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries  Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management  Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism  Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs\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\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Eat Seafood Australia Program) Instrument 2020.\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instrument is registered. 1 September 2020\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Eat Seafood Australia Program (the program) is prescribed.\n\n (2) The program provides funding in the form of a grant to Seafood Industry Australia Limited to deliver a 12‑month national marketing campaign that encourages domestic consumption of Australian seafood.\n\n (3) The purpose of the program is to stimulate a boost in domestic demand for Australian seafood in order to:\n\n (a) support the seafood industry’s survival through the national crisis resulting from the coronavirus known as COVID‑19; and\n\n (b) bolster a strong, industry‑wide recovery as markets normalise.\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) postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) 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.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument simply prescribes a specific program and authorises a grant under the existing power in s33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (s3, s5). It does not amend the Act or expand legislative competence; s6 identifies constitutional heads relied on but does not broaden the program’s stated scope."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument prescribing one program and grant (s5).","Made under existing statutory power (s3: s33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986), so substantive authority sits in the Act.","Commencement set by table (1 September 2020) but otherwise no transitional or phased implementation rules.","Delegated decision-making: instrument made by a delegate (prefatory text), implying administrative discretion in execution.","Specifies constitutional law bases for the measure (postal services and 'peculiarly adapted' enterprises) which introduces modest legal framing complexity (s6).","No operational, eligibility, reporting or funding conditions in the instrument — implementation details will depend on grant agreement or administrative instruments, increasing reliance on external documents."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument prescribes the Eat Seafood Australia Program and authorises a grant to Seafood Industry Australia Limited to run a 12‑month national marketing campaign promoting domestic consumption of Australian seafood (s5(1)‑(2)). Made under s33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, it commences 1 September 2020. The stated aim is to support the seafood industry’s survival during the COVID‑19 crisis and to bolster recovery as markets normalise (s5(3)). The Commonwealth funds an industry body to shift consumer demand; operational details are not set here."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose. It establishes a single, time-limited grant program (12-month marketing campaign) with a specific beneficiary and clear COVID-19 economic recovery objectives. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 6 operative sections across 2 pages","Minimal defined terms: only 2 definitions ('Act' and 'program')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act (Industry Research and Development Act 1986)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward purpose and operation with no regulatory machinery","Simple constitutional specification in section 6 using standard heads of power"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument funds a 12‑month national marketing campaign—the Eat Seafood Australia Program—by granting taxpayer money to Seafood Industry Australia Ltd to persuade Australians to buy and eat more domestic seafood. \n\nAimed as a COVID‑19 emergency lifeline for fishers and seafood businesses hurt by lost export and hospitality markets, it redirects federal spending (and legal authority under national communications/nationhood powers) to boost domestic demand, funded by taxpayers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-eat-seafood-australia-program-instrument-2020","history":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-eat-seafood-australia-program-instrument-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-eat-seafood-australia-program-instrument-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-eat-seafood-australia-program-instrument-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-eat-seafood-australia-program-instrument-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-eat-seafood-australia-program-instrument-2020/documents"}}