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Clean Technology Investment Program Direction No. 1 of 2012
The policy objective of the Clean TechnoThe policy objective of the Clean Technology Investment Program is to assist Australian Manufacturing businesses to invest in energy efficient capital equipment and low emissions technologies, processes and products in order to maintain the competitiveness of Australian Manufacturing businesses in a carbon constrained economy.
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The policy objective of the Clean Technology Investment Program is to assist Australian Manufacturing businesses to invest in energy efficient capital equipment and low emissions technologies, processes and products in order to maintain the competitiveness of Australian Manufacturing businesses in a carbon constrained economy.
The objective of the Clean Technology Investment Program will be achieved by providing grants to existing Australian Manufacturing businesses to invest in energy efficient capital equipment and low emissions technologies, processes and products. These grants will provide practical transitional assistance to Australian Manufacturing businesses.
Program Outcomes
The outcome of the Clean Technology Investment Program will be maintained competitiveness of Australian Manufacturing businesses in a carbon constrained economy by leveraged capital investment in energy efficient and low emissions technologies, plant and equipment to reduce Carbon emissions intensity, including through improvements in energy efficiency.
Interpretation
In this Direction:
“Act” means the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (Cth).
“Agreement” means an agreement entered into by the Recipient and the Commonwealth for the provision, by the Commonwealth, of Grant Funds.
“Applicant” means an entity that makes an application for funding under the Clean Technology Investment Program.
“AusIndustry” means the division of the same name within the Department.
“Customer Guidelines” means the guidelines formulated by the Program Delegate under the relevant clauses of the Program Guidelines, and in accordance with the Commonwealth Grant Guidelines issued by the Minister for Finance and Deregulation under Regulation 7A of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (Cth). The Customer Guidelines will be published for the benefit of potential Applicants and other interested parties.
“Department” means the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education administered by the Minister.
“Eligible Activity” means an activity that satisfies the requirements of clauses 36 to 38 of the Program Guidelines.
“Eligible Applicant” means an Applicant that satisfies the requirements of clauses 21 to 27 of the Program Guidelines.
“Eligible Application” means an application that satisfies the requirements of clause 48 of the Program Guidelines.
“Eligible Expenditure” means the expenditure incurred by an Applicant in relation to a Project that satisfies the requirements of clause 39 of the Program Guidelines and is deemed eligible for funding support by the Program Delegate, in accordance with the Customer Guidelines.
“Eligible Project” means a Project that meets the requirements within clauses 28 to 35 of the Program Guidelines.
“Government Grant Sources” includes, but is not limited to, grants from Federal, State, Territory, local or international government programs, including funding under the Clean Technology Investment Program.
“Grant Funds” means the funds awarded to Recipients of the Clean Technology Investment Program.
“Innovation Australia” means the body of that name established by section 6 of the Act.
“Manufacturing” means the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products.
“Minister” means the Minister administering the Act.
“Program Delegate” means an employee of the Department who has been empowered by the Minister, or is otherwise duly authorised, to carry out the relevant functions in respect of the Clean Technology Investment Program.
“Program Directions” means the Directions that are given by the Minister under the Act to Innovation Australia concerning its functions in relation to the Clean Technology Investment Program, as in force from time to time.
“Program Funding” or “Program Funds” means the funding made available by the Commonwealth for the Clean Technology Investment Program in any given financial year, being the funding specified in the Portfolio Budget Statement (as varied by any Portfolio Additional Estimates Statement or by the Minister) for that year.
“Program Guidelines” means the guidelines that are given by the Minister to the Department to provide a framework for the operation and administration of the Clean Technology Investment Program, as in force from time to time.
“Project” means the set of activities that is the subject matter of the Applicant’s application for funding.
“Recipient” means an entity that is awarded funding under the Clean Technology Investment Program.
PART 2 – ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATIONS
Procedure
Subject to clause 15, Innovation Australia will assess the merit of each Eligible Application referred by the Program Delegate, and provide its recommendation to the Program Delegate or, pursuant to clause 10, the Cabinet of the Australian Government.
Eligible applications for grants of $10 million or more, that have been merit assessed by Innovation Australia and recommended for funding, will be referred to the Cabinet of the Australian Government for consideration prior to final approval by the Program Delegate.
Innovation Australia must consider Eligible Applications as soon as practicable after those applications have been provided to Innovation Australia.
In considering Eligible Applications, Innovation Australia must take into account advice provided by the Department on policy issues that are relevant to, or impact on, any of the merit criteria.
Innovation Australia may request additional information from an applicant after the lodgement of an application.
In providing the Program Delegate or the Cabinet of the Australian Government with an assessment for an application Innovation Australia may include advice as to whether the relative merits of an application would warrant:
(a) an amount of funding that varies from the amount the applicant has applied; and/or
(b) that any approval be subject to particular conditions.
Innovation Australia may decline to complete a merit assessment
Innovation Australia may decide to decline to complete a merit assessment in respect of a particular application if it is not satisfied:
(a) with the level of merit of an Eligible Application in relation to one or more of the merit criteria;
(b) that the activities described in the eligible application are eligible activities; or
(c) without limiting the generality of subclause (a) above, with the overall level of merit of an Eligible Application having regard to all applicable merit criteria.
Merit Criteria
Innovation Australia must base its assessment of each Eligible Application on the merit criteria requirements specified in clauses 50 to 53 of the Program Guidelines.
Innovation Australia must have regard to the Customer Guidelines formulated by the Program Delegate, specifically: