{"id":"F2025L00011","name":"Industry Research and Development (Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre Partnership Program) Instrument 2024","slug":"industry-research-and-development-zero-net-emissions-from-agriculture-cooperative-research-centre-pa","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":105797,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2025L00011-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre Partnership Program) Instrument 2024.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 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```html\n

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\n```\n\n> Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under section 33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> Act 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\n> Note: The Kyoto Protocol is in Australian Treaty Series 2008 No. 2 (\\[2008\\] ATS 2) and could in 2024 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://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\n> Note: The Paris Agreement is in Australian Treaty Series 2016 No. 24 (\\[2016\\] ATS 24) and could in 2024 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).\n\n> program: 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\n> Note: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is in Australian Treaty Series 1994 No. 2 (\\[1994\\] ATS 2) and could in 2024 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).\n\n> CRC means the Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prescribed program","content":"#### 5 Prescribed program\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre Partnership Program (the program) is prescribed.\n (2) The program provides funding for the Commonwealth to participate as a partner to the CRC, including by the payment of partnership fees.\n (3) The purpose of the program is to influence and shape the CRC’s activities relating to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector to help align with the Commonwealth’s emissions mitigation objectives across the economy, and contribute to meeting Australia’s obligations under Article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Article 10 of the Kyoto Protocol and Article 4 of the Paris Agreement.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified legislative power","content":"#### 6 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 to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following, is specified:\n (a) the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, particularly Article 4;\n (b) the Kyoto Protocol, particularly Article 10;\n (c) the Paris Agreement, particularly Article 4.","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the text provided, the instrument does not expand or narrow the Act itself; it prescribes a specific partnership program, authorises Commonwealth participation and payments, states the program’s purpose, and identifies the external‑affairs basis for the measure (s3, s4, s5, s6). There is no text in this instrument indicating a change from that original prescription."},"complexity_factors":["Concise, single-purpose instrument with limited operational detail (overall length; s5)","Direct authorisation of Commonwealth funding and partnership payments but no funding amounts or conditions specified (s5(2))","Relies on external‑affairs constitutional power and treaty references, which can require interpretive work (s6; s4 definitional references to UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement)","Cross-reference to the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (authority in s3; prescription under s5(1))","Immediate commencement provision for the whole instrument (s2)","Vague standard of “influence and shape” for CRC activities—creates administrative discretion without procedural detail (s5(3))","Defined but minimal terminology (program, CRC) concentrated in s4–s5"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally prescribes the \"Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre Partnership Program\" under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, authorising the Commonwealth to fund and pay partnership fees to join the CRC (s5(1)–(2)). Its stated purpose is to influence the CRC’s agricultural greenhouse‑gas mitigation work so it aligns with Australia’s international climate obligations under the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement (s5(3); s6)."},"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":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: establishing the specific partnership program for the Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture CRC. There is no scope creep; it does exactly what the title suggests and nothing more."},"complexity_factors":["Only 6 short sections total","7 defined terms, all straightforward (mostly just naming international treaties)","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Single operational purpose: prescribing a program and specifying constitutional basis","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act and standard treaty citations","Minimal procedural requirements — essentially a 'stamp of approval' instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislation creates the Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre Partnership Program, authorising the Australian Government to pay partnership fees and formally join a CRC focused on reducing greenhouse‑gas emissions from farming. \n\nIt channels government funding into farmer‑relevant research, supports researchers developing emissions‑cutting practices, and helps Australia meet international climate obligations by steering research toward national emissions targets. The Act authorises the spending and links it to constitutional power over international commitments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-zero-net-emissions-from-agriculture-cooperative-research-centre-pa","history":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-zero-net-emissions-from-agriculture-cooperative-research-centre-pa/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-zero-net-emissions-from-agriculture-cooperative-research-centre-pa/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-zero-net-emissions-from-agriculture-cooperative-research-centre-pa/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-zero-net-emissions-from-agriculture-cooperative-research-centre-pa/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industry-research-and-development-zero-net-emissions-from-agriculture-cooperative-research-centre-pa/documents"}}