{"id":"F2023L00448","name":"Industry Research and Development (Ingham’s Sorell Facility Upgrade Program) Instrument 2023","slug":"industry-research-and-development-ingham-s-sorell-facility-upgrade-program-instrument-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441808,"registerId":"F2023L00448-fast-fetch-1775957012046","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (Ingham’s Sorell Facility Upgrade 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 \n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nIndustry Research and Development (Ingham’s Sorell Facility Upgrade Program) Instrument 2023\n\nI, Ed Husic, Minister for Industry and Science, make the following instrument.\n\n \n\nDated: 15 April 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 (Ingham’s Sorell Facility Upgrade 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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\nInghams Enterprises means Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd (ABN 20 008 447 345).\n\nprogram: see subsection 5(1).\n\nRamsar Convention means the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, done at Ramsar, Iran, on 2 February 1971, as in force for Australia from time to time.\n\nNote:  The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1975 No. 48. ([1975] ATS 48) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).\n\n5  Prescribed program\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the Ingham’s Sorell Facility Upgrade Program (the program) is prescribed.\n\n (2) The program provides a one-off grant to support the upgrade of the wastewater management system, including a spin chiller, in Inghams Enterprises’ facility in Sorell, Tasmania, for the purposes of reducing the risk of contaminating the Pitt Water-Orielton Lagoon.\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 external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution), as it relates to measures that give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Ramsar Convention, particularly Article 3.1, is specified.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its original narrow scope. It was clearly intended from the outset to be a targeted, single-purpose approval for one specific infrastructure upgrade at one specific facility. There is no evidence of scope creep; the instrument does exactly what its title suggests and nothing more."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 6 sections, approximately 1 page)","Only 4 defined terms, all straightforward (Act, Inghams Enterprises, program, Ramsar Convention)","Single purpose: prescribing one specific grant program for one specific company","No nested exceptions, conditional logic, or cross-referencing beyond basic statutory citations","Minimal procedural requirements - essentially a 'stamp of approval' for an existing program description"],"plain_english_summary":"A one-off Commonwealth approval for a grant to Inghams Enterprises to upgrade wastewater management (including a spin chiller) at its Sorell facility, aimed at reducing pollution risk to the Ramsar-listed Pitt Water–Orielton Lagoon. The instrument uses the Constitution’s external affairs power to fund a targeted, single-company project that supports Australia’s international wetland-protection obligations."},"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":"The instrument confines itself to prescribing a single, one‑off grant program for the named Inghams Sorell upgrade and to specifying the external‑affairs connection to Ramsar obligations (s5, s6). The text shows no expansion or narrowing beyond that single project."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, project-specific measure: a single, named recipient and a single upgrade project are prescribed (s5(1)–(2)).","Simple statutory authority: instrument made under one Act provision (s3 — s33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986).","Limited definitional scope: only a few defined terms and a named company reduce interpretive ambiguity (s4).","Constitutional linkage is narrow: specifies use of external-affairs power only as it relates to Ramsar obligations (s6), adding constitutional context but not broad policy machinery.","Concentrated fiscal effect and administrative discretion: a one‑off Commonwealth grant funds the upgrade (s5(2)); decision and instrument-making power rest with the Minister (instrument heading and s3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument prescribes a single, named grant program under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 to provide a one‑off Commonwealth grant to Inghams Enterprises to upgrade wastewater management (including a spin chiller) at its Sorell, Tasmania facility to reduce the risk of contaminating Pitt Water‑Orielton Lagoon. It is made under the Minister’s power in s33 and specifies reliance on the external‑affairs power for Australia’s Ramsar Convention obligations; the Commonwealth funds the upgrade."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-ingham-s-sorell-facility-upgrade-program-instrument-2023","history":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-ingham-s-sorell-facility-upgrade-program-instrument-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-ingham-s-sorell-facility-upgrade-program-instrument-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-ingham-s-sorell-facility-upgrade-program-instrument-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-ingham-s-sorell-facility-upgrade-program-instrument-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-ingham-s-sorell-facility-upgrade-program-instrument-2023/documents"}}