{"id":"F2024L00355","name":"Industry Research and Development (Supermarket Price Transparency and Comparison Reports Program) Instrument 2024","slug":"industry-research-and-development-supermarket-price-transparency-and-comparison-reports-program-inst","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442337,"registerId":"F2024L00355-fast-fetch-1775957366669","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry Research and Development (Supermarket Price Transparency and Comparison Reports Program) Instrument 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth coat of arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nIndustry Research and Development (Supermarket Price Transparency and Comparison Reports Program) Instrument 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following instrument.\n\nSigned    19 March 2024\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\nfor the Minister for Industry and Science\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\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Supermarket Price Transparency and Comparison Reports Program) Instrument 2024.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nABN has the meaning given by the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.\n\nAct means the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.\n\nsupermarket price transparency and comparison reports means reports that provide Australian consumers with information on the comparative price of grocery goods available for sale at different retailers.\n\nprogram: see subsection 5(1).\n\n5  Prescribed program\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the Supermarket Price Transparency and Comparison Reports Program (the program) is prescribed.\n\n (2) The program provides funding by way of a grant to the Australian Consumers’ Association (ABN 72 000 281 925).\n\n (3) The purpose of the program is to support the Australian Consumers’ Association to develop and publish, by way of the internet, supermarket price transparency and comparison reports on a quarterly basis for 3 years.\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":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument prescribes a discrete, time‑limited grant program and specifies the relevant legislative power; it does not amend or broaden the underlying Act. It confines scope to funding the Australian Consumers’ Association to publish quarterly online price comparison reports for three years (s 5)."},"complexity_factors":["Simple, single-purpose statutory instrument prescribing one grant program (Section 5)","Identifies a named grant recipient with ABN, reducing ambiguity about who receives funding (s 5(2))","Links to substantive authority in the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 and specific subsections (s 3; s 5(1) cites s 33(1))","Specifies program outputs and timing (quarterly online reports for 3 years) but omits operational grant conditions and funding amount (s 5(3))","Specifies constitutional legislative power (paragraph 51(v)) for legal coverage (s 6), a technical legal detail","Low administrative and compliance complexity in the instrument itself, but practical implementation will depend on unstated grant terms and departmental processes"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument creates a specific grant program under the Industry Research and Development Act to fund the Australian Consumers’ Association (ABN 72 000 281 925) to develop and publish online supermarket price transparency and comparison reports quarterly for three years. The Commonwealth will provide the grant; the instrument is made by the Assistant Minister and specifies the Parliament’s communications power to support the program. It affects the grant recipient, consumers who use the reports, and retailers whose prices are compared."},"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a new instrument establishing a discrete, time-limited program. There is no indication of scope creep as this is the inaugural version of this specific program."},"complexity_factors":["Very short: only 6 operative sections plus standard machinery provisions","Minimal defined terms: only 4 definitions (ABN, Act, supermarket price transparency and comparison reports, program)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act and the ABN Act","Simple structure: single purpose grant program with straightforward eligibility (one specified recipient)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward constitutional basis (single paragraph 51(v) power specified)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument creates a 3‑year grant program funding the Australian Consumers' Association (Choice) to build and run an online supermarket price comparison and quarterly reporting service. It aims to improve price transparency for Australian shoppers, increase public scrutiny of supermarket pricing and potentially spur competition. The instrument authorises grants under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 and relies on the telecommunications/internet power in the Constitution as the legal basis for publishing reports online."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-supermarket-price-transparency-and-comparison-reports-program-inst","history":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-supermarket-price-transparency-and-comparison-reports-program-inst/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-supermarket-price-transparency-and-comparison-reports-program-inst/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-supermarket-price-transparency-and-comparison-reports-program-inst/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-supermarket-price-transparency-and-comparison-reports-program-inst/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-supermarket-price-transparency-and-comparison-reports-program-inst/documents"}}