Industry Research and Development (Support for Industry Service Organisations Program) Instrument 2021
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Industry Research and Development (Support for Industry Service Organisations Program) Instrument 2021
I, Karen Andrews, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, make the following instrument.
Dated 3 March 2021
Karen Andrews
Minister for Industry, Science and Technology
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 (Support for Industry Service Organisations Program) Instrument 2021.
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. 10 March 2021
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade means the Agreement of that name set out in Annex 1A of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, as in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization is in Australian Treaty Series 1995 No. 8 ([1995] ATS 8) and could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
program: see subsection 5(1).
5 Prescribed program
(1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the Support for Industry Service Organisations Program (the program) is prescribed.
(2) For the purposes of assisting Australia, and Australian businesses, to influence, apply and conform to international standards, the program provides funding to the following:
(a) Standards Australia;
(b) National Association of Testing Authorities Australia;
(c) the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand.
6 Specified legislative power
For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the legislative power of the Parliament with respect to external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution) is specified as it relates to:
(a) measures to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, particularly Articles 2 and 4; and
(b) matters affecting Australia’s relations with foreign countries.