{"id":"F2025L01431","name":"Industry Research and Development (International Engagement for Green Metals Standards Program) Instrument 2025","slug":"industry-research-and-development-international-engagement-for-green-metals-standards-program-instru","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443056,"registerId":"F2025L01431-fast-fetch-1775957962075","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (International Engagement for Green Metals Standards 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 (International Engagement for Green Metals Standards Program) Instrument 2025\n\n \n\n \n\nI, Tim Ayres, Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science, make the following instrument.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated   24 November 2025\n\nTim Ayres\n\nMinister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for 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 (International Engagement for Green Metals Standards 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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\nAct means the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.\n\n  Kyoto Protocol means the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change done at Kyoto on 11 December 1997, as in force for Australia from time to time.\n\nNote: The Protocol is in Australian Treaty Series 2008 No. 2 ([2008] ATS 2) and could in 2025 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).\n\n  Paris Agreement means the Paris Agreement done at Paris on 12 December 2015, as in force for Australia from time to time.\n\nNote: The Agreement is in Australian Treaty Series 2016 No. 24 ([2016] ATS 24) and could in 2025 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).\n\nprogram: see subsection 5(1).\n\n  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change done at New York on 9 May 1992, as in force for Australia from time to time.\n\nNote: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1994 No. 2 ([1994] ATS 2) and could in 2025 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).\n\n5  Prescribed program\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the International Engagement for Green Metals Standards Program (the program) is prescribed.\n\n (2) The program provides funding to Standards Australia to participate in relevant international forums to develop standards for green (low carbon) metals and to undertake activities necessary for or incidental to that participation.\n\n (3) The purposes of the program are to:\n\n  (a) support Australian engagement in and contribution to the development of international green metals standards; and\n\n  (b) contribute to meeting Australia’s international obligations relating to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating the development of green metals standards to foster industry investments in and consumer demand for green metals; and\n\n   (c) contribute to facilitating interstate and overseas trade in green metals.\n\n \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) external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution), including as it relates to measures to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following:\n\n (i) the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,    particularly Article 4;\n\n  (ii) the Kyoto Protocol, particularly Article 10;\n\n  (iii) the Paris Agreement, particularly Articles 4 and 10;\n\n (b) trade and commerce with other countries, and among the States (within the meaning of paragraph 51(i) of the Constitution).\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scope of the Act; it prescribes a specific program under s.33 and identifies the parliamentary powers relied on for that prescription (s.5, s.6). It narrows focus to international engagement on green metals standards without expanding the Act’s general legislative reach."},"complexity_factors":["Statutory cross‑reference to s.33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (s.3)","Delegation of program delivery to Standards Australia with unspecified funding details (s.5(2))","Use of broadly framed powers and purposes (eg. activities “necessary for or incidental to” participation) creating administrative discretion (s.5(2))","Specification of constitutional bases (external affairs and trade) and particular treaty articles cited (s.6)","Multiple treaty definitions included (Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, UNFCCC) which tie program scope to international instruments (s.4)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument prescribes the “International Engagement for Green Metals Standards Program” under s.33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, authorising funding to Standards Australia to take part in international fora and related activities. It states the program’s purposes are to support Australian input into international green‑metals standards, help meet Australia’s greenhouse‑gas obligations, and facilitate interstate and overseas trade in green metals."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward, narrow instrument that does exactly what its title suggests. It establishes a specific program for international standards engagement regarding green metals. There is no scope creep — the instrument is tightly focused on prescribing the program under section 33 of the parent Act and specifying the constitutional basis for the expenditure. It does not expand beyond the original intent of facilitating Australia's participation in international green metals standards development."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 6 sections spanning approximately 2 pages","Only 5 defined terms in section 4, all straightforward (Act, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, program, UNFCCC)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic — section 5 simply prescribes the program and states its purposes in plain bullet points","Single cross-reference to the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (the enabling legislation)","No operational detail — funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or application processes are left to administrative arrangements or future determinations","Constitutional basis explicitly stated but not analysed — simply lists the heads of power (external affairs, trade and commerce) without legal argumentation"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument funds a new International Engagement for Green Metals Standards Program, authorising taxpayer money to support Standards Australia’s participation in international forums to help develop global standards for low‑carbon “green” metals.\n\nIt affects Standards Australia, the Australian metals industry, consumers/investors (through clearer low‑carbon claims) and taxpayers. The aim is to harmonise rules, ease export access, support climate commitments and give Australian green‑metal producers a competitive edge."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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