{"id":"F2019L00114","name":"Industry Research and Development (Small Business Digital Champions Project) Instrument 2019","slug":"industry-research-and-development-small-business-digital-champions-project-instrument-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439918,"registerId":"F2019L00114-fast-fetch-1775955756793","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (Small Business Digital Champions Project) Instrument 2019","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 (Small Business Digital Champions Project) Instrument 2019\n\nI, Michaelia Cash, Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education, make the following Instrument.\n\nDated 5 February 2019\n\nMichaelia Cash\n\nMinister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education\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 (Small Business Digital Champions Project) Instrument 2019.\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instrument is registered. 12 February 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 means the Small Business Digital Champions Project.\n\n5  Prescribed program\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the program is prescribed.\n\n (2) The purpose of the program is to fund and promote the adoption by small businesses of online digital technology, including by:\n\n (a) providing funding for goods, services and training related to online digital technology; and\n\n (b) providing mentors to assist selected small businesses to access and use online digital technology; and\n\n (c) funding industry associations to advise on online digital technology.\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 postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution) is specified.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose of establishing the Small Business Digital Champions Project. It does not expand beyond the specific program described in section 5(2)."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (6 sections, approximately 1 page)","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and 'program')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward purposive provisions without operational detail","Single constitutional basis specified (s 51(v))"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument formally creates the Small Business Digital Champions Project under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, enabling government spending to support small businesses’ digital adoption. It funds digital goods and training, mentors to help businesses use online technology, and industry associations to provide tech advice.\n\nIt’s an enabling, legal foundation (relying on the telecommunications/postal constitutional power) that makes program spending lawful; detailed eligibility and funding rules are set administratively."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument, as made, prescribes the Small Business Digital Champions Project and states its purpose (s5) and the constitutional power relied on (s6). It does not alter or expand the statutory scheme in the Industry Research and Development Act 1986; it leaves substantive program design, eligibility and administration to the enabling Act and implementing agency."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument with straightforward effect (prescribes a program) — low intrinsic legal complexity (see instrument heading and s5).","Relies on and links to another Act for substantive powers and processes (made under s33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986) which creates dependency on that Act's administrative and compliance rules (s3).","Gives a concise, non-prescriptive statement of program activities (funding goods, services, training, mentors, industry associations in s5(2)) but does not set eligibility, selection, or funding rules here — implementation detail left to the administering agency, creating operational uncertainty and administrative discretion (s5).","Specifies a constitutional legislative head of power (paragraph 51(v)) to support the program (s6), a legal formality that may matter for constitutional compliance but adds little procedural complexity.","Low compliance burden in the instrument itself, but actual compliance costs for recipients depend on unstated grant conditions and reporting regimes established under the Act or by administrators (implicit from the instrument's briefness)."],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** This instrument formally prescribes the \"Small Business Digital Champions Project\" under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, authorising the Commonwealth to fund and promote small businesses' adoption of online digital technology.  \n\n**Who it affects and why it matters:** Small businesses are potential funding recipients; mentors and industry associations are potential service providers or advisers. The instrument also identifies the constitutional head of power the Commonwealth relies on (paragraph 51(v))."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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