{"id":"F2025L00437","name":"Industry Research and Development (Future Battery Industries Demonstrator Program) Instrument 2025","slug":"industry-research-and-development-future-battery-industries-demonstrator-program-instrument-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442799,"registerId":"F2025L00437-fast-fetch-1775957735941","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (Future Battery Industries Demonstrator Program) Instrument 2025","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 \n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nIndustry Research and Development (Future Battery Industries Demonstrator Program) Instrument 2025\n\n \n\n \n\nI, Ed Husic, Minister for Industry and Science, make the following instrument.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated: 27 February 2025\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\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Future Battery Industries Demonstrator Program) Instrument 2025.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\nACCC means the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.\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 Future Battery Industries Demonstrator Program (the program) is prescribed.\n\n (2) The program provides funding to support the Australian battery industry to foster international and interstate supply chains, including:\n\n (a) a battery supply chain navigator tool to map industry and research capability and supply chains, as well as government battery projects and programs to support the Australian battery ecosystem;\n\n (b) an innovation and scale‑up program to provide resources and advice on commercialisation and deliver an annual industry showcase;\n\n (c) best practice guidelines and standards to guide the industry on how to safely install, maintain, transport and handle batteries in response to the ACCC’s battery safety recommendations.             \n\n (3) The purpose of the program is to strengthen the Australian battery industry by improving alignment and access to information on national capabilities and supply chains, providing industry and investor access to capability, customers, traceability, and environmental, social and governance information on battery minerals source and components, supporting the commercialisation of innovative battery technologies through enhanced research and collaboration, and improving battery‑safety through nationally consistent best practice guidelines and standards.\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 trade and commerce with other countries, and among the States (within the meaning of paragraph 51(i) of the Constitution) is specified.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard, narrow-purpose legislative instrument that does exactly what its title suggests: it prescribes a specific grant program under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986. The scope matches the original intent — to establish the Future Battery Industries Demonstrator Program — with no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond this single administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 6 operative sections across 2 pages","Minimal defined terms: only 3 definitions (ACCC, Act, program)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act (Industry Research and Development Act 1986)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward declarative structure: names the program, describes its purpose, specifies the constitutional power","Single purpose instrument with no subordinate provisions or schedules"],"plain_english_summary":"The Future Battery Industries Demonstrator Program funds Australian battery businesses and researchers to accelerate commercialisation, creates a digital industry map of participants and support, and develops national safety guidelines for installing, moving and maintaining batteries. It affects manufacturers, researchers, investors and anyone handling batteries. The program aims to keep more battery value‑chain activity in Australia, create jobs, boost domestic processing capability and address ACCC‑identified safety risks."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not amend the Act or expand parliamentary powers beyond what it invokes. It prescribes a program and specifies the trade-and‑commerce legislative head of power (s6) to support implementation under section 33 of the Act (s3, s5). 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