{"id":"F2023L00747","name":"Industry Research and Development (Enhancing Australia’s Science and Research Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Program) Instrument 2023","slug":"industry-research-and-development-enhancing-australia-s-science-and-research-leadership-in-the-asia-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441923,"registerId":"F2023L00747-fast-fetch-1775957084705","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (Enhancing Australia’s Science and Research Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Program) Instrument 2023","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 (Enhancing Australia’s Science and Research Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Program) Instrument 2023\n\nI, Ed Husic, Minister for Industry and Science, make the following instrument.\n\n \n\nDated: 7 June 2023\n\nEd Husic\n\nMinister for Industry and Science\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 (Enhancing Australia’s Science and Research Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Program) Instrument 2023.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\nAustralian Academy of Science means the Australian Academy of Science (ABN 90 700 613 342).\n\nprogram: see subsection 5(1).\n\n5  Prescribed program\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the Enhancing Australia’s Science and Research Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Region Program (the program) is prescribed.\n\n (2) The program provides funding to the Australian Academy of Science to undertake activities in its capacity as host of the International Science Council Regional Presence for Asia and the Pacific, including:\n\n(a) stimulating cross-national research and translating knowledge into practice to support disaster risk resilience and capacity development in the Pacific;\n\n(b)  building a network of Pacific leaders and practitioners trained to deliver advice at the science-policy interface within and for the benefit of the Pacific region;\n\n(c) collaboration and partnership development, workshops and conferences, training and skills development, and associated promotional, monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities;\n\n(d) funding and managing regional collaborative grants, projects and initiatives that support engagement in the Asia-Pacific region.\n\n (3) The purpose of the program is to deepen Australia’s engagement with countries in the Asia-Pacific region in the areas of science policy and scientific research of international significance.\n\n6  Specified legislative power\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the power of the Parliament to make laws with respect to the following are specified:\n\n(a) external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution);\n\n(b) the Pacific islands power (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxx) of the Constitution).\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of establishing a specific science diplomacy and research program for the Asia-Pacific region. The scope matches the instrument's title and stated objectives without expansion into unrelated areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 6 short sections total","Minimal defined terms (only 3: 'Act', 'Australian Academy of Science', and 'program')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act (Industry Research and Development Act 1986)","Simple linear structure with no conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward purpose and operation with no eligibility criteria, compliance requirements, or penalty provisions","Single beneficiary (Australian Academy of Science) with clearly described activities"],"plain_english_summary":"The law funds the Australian Academy of Science to serve as the regional host for the International Science Council in Asia‑Pacific, supporting workshops, grants, training and collaborative research. It focuses on disaster preparedness and recovery, building scientific‑policy links, and strengthening Australia’s scientific partnerships with Pacific island nations.\n\nIt affects the Academy, regional scientists and policymakers, and Pacific communities, and rests on Australia’s external‑affairs and Pacific‑islands constitutional powers."},"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of the Industry Research and Development Act; it prescribes a new program under the Act (s.3) by naming the program, its recipient (Australian Academy of Science) and the categories of funded activities (s.5). It also specifies the constitutional powers relied upon for parliamentary competence (s.6). The instrument leaves operational and funding details to implementing arrangements, but does not itself expand or narrow the Act's legal reach."},"complexity_factors":["Short, self-contained instrument with limited provisions (Name, Commencement, Authority, Definitions, Prescribed program, Specified legislative power).","Relies on Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (s.33) for legal effect — requires reading of that Act for full administrative mechanics (s.3).","Specifies recipient and broad activity categories but omits operational detail such as budget, selection criteria, or governance, shifting complexity to implementing instruments or funding agreements (s.5(2)).","Identifies constitutional heads of power relied upon (external affairs and Pacific islands) which frames federal competence for international/regional activity (s.6).","Names monitoring, evaluation and reporting as activities, implying ongoing compliance and administrative burden borne by the recipient (s.5(2)(c)).","Concentrated benefit to one statutory entity (Australian Academy of Science) with discretionary administrative decisions made outside the instrument (definition and s.5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under section 33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, formally prescribes the \"Enhancing Australia’s Science and Research Leadership in the Asia‑Pacific Region Program\" and provides funding to the Australian Academy of Science to host the International Science Council Regional Presence for Asia and the Pacific. It lists funded activities — cross‑national research, disaster‑resilience work in the Pacific, leadership training, workshops and regional collaborative grants — and states the program’s purpose is to deepen Australia’s engagement with Asia‑Pacific science policy and research (ss.3,5)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-enhancing-australia-s-science-and-research-leadership-in-the-asia-","history":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-enhancing-australia-s-science-and-research-leadership-in-the-asia-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-enhancing-australia-s-science-and-research-leadership-in-the-asia-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-enhancing-australia-s-science-and-research-leadership-in-the-asia-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-enhancing-australia-s-science-and-research-leadership-in-the-asia-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-enhancing-australia-s-science-and-research-leadership-in-the-asia-/documents"}}