1Climate Ready Program Directions No. 1 of 2008

ATTACHMENT C

Commonwealth of Australia

Industry Research and Development Act 1986

Climate Ready Program Directions No 1 of 2008

I, Kim John Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, acting under subsections 18 (A), 19 and 20 (1) of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, give the following directions to Innovation Australia (the Board).

Dated 22 July 2008

Senator the Hon Kim Carr

Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

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PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

Name of directions

1. These directions are the Climate Ready Program Directions No 1 of 2008.

Commencement

2. These directions commence 28 July 2008 or the day that the directions are published in the Gazette, whichever is the later.

Object of these directions

3. The object of this instrument is to give directions to the Board in relation to:

(a) an additional function of the Board, namely the provision of technical assessments and merit ranking of eligible applications under the Climate Ready program.

(b) the policies and practices to be followed by the Board in the performance of the function.

Interpretation

4. (1) In these directions, unless the contrary intention applies:

agreed project activities means the activities that are specified in an agreement.

agreement means an agreement between a recipient and the Commonwealth for grant funding under the program, as amended from time to time in accordance with the rules for the program.

applicant means an entity that makes an eligible application.

Climate Ready program means the Climate Ready program, known informally as Climate Ready, which is a merit-based program that is administered by the Department to increase high quality innovation activities by small to medium enterprises in Australia that address the effects of climate change.

Climate Ready Program Guidelines means the guidelines that are made by the Minister to the Department, as in force from time to time, for the delivery of the Climate Ready program.

Department means the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

early-stage commercialisation activities means the systematic work necessary for installing and establishing processes, systems and services that allow the new product, process or service to be produced to the stage where it can effectively be brought to market.