Commonwealth legislation

Energy Research and Development Corporation Regulations

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

65 of 1990

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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The regulations create the Energy Research and Development Corporation (ERDC) under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 to manage and fund research and development across Australia’s energy sector, from resource extraction to energy production.

Predominantly Commonwealth funded, the ERDC’s governance and accountability reflect federal control. It matters to energy companies, researchers and universities seeking coordinated funding and strategic direction linking government policy, science and industry.

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Energy Research and Development Corporation Regulations

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Statutory Rules 1990 No. 651

Energy Research and Development

Corporation Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.

Dated 19 February 1990.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

John Kerin

Minister of State for Primary Industries

and Energy

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Research and Development Corporation Regulations.

Commencement

These Regulations commence on 2 July 1990.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

“Corporation” means the Energy Research and Development Corporation specified in regulation 4;

“energy industry” means the industry concerned with the extraction from the environment, or the production, of energy or substances from which energy is made available;

“the Act” means the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.

(S.R. 56/90)—Cat. No. 14/14.2.1990

Establishment of the Energy Corporation

An R & D Corporation to be known as the Energy Research and Development Corporation is declared to be established in respect of the energy industry.

Corporation predominantly Commonwealth funded

For the purposes of section 125 of the Act, the Corporation is declared to be a predominantly Commonwealth funded R&D Corporation.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 February 1990.

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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