Industry Research and Development (Defence Industry Export Program) Instrument 2024
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
Industry Research and Development (Defence Industry Export Program) Instrument 2024
I, Patrick Martin Conroy, as delegate of the Minister for Industry and Science, make the following instrument.
Dated 18 March 2024
Patrick Martin Conroy
Minister for Defence Industry
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Prescribed program
6 Specified legislative power
1 Name
This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Defence Industry Export Program) Instrument 2024.
2 Commencement
(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.
- Commencement information
- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
- Provisions Commencement Date/Details
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- The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
(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.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under section 33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.
program: see subsection 5(1).
5 Prescribed program
(1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the Defence Industry Export Program (the program) is prescribed.
(2) The program provides funding to Australian manufacturers of defence capabilities for the manufacture of those capabilities for supply to foreign governments.
(3) The purpose of the program is to facilitate export opportunities for Australia’s defence industry, while ensuring that Australia’s defence capability needs are met.
6 Specified legislative power
For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the power of the Parliament to make laws with respect to trade and commerce with other countries, and among the States (within the meaning of paragraph 51(i) of the Constitution) is specified.