Commonwealth legislation

Science and Industry Research (Contracts) Regulations

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

330 of 1990

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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These Regulations fix a $1,000,000 threshold (Reg 3 for s.50 of the Science and Industry Research Act 1949) for CSIRO contracts. It determines who can sign deals: lower‑value agreements can be handled by the CEO, while million‑dollar‑plus commitments normally require Board or higher approval. This divides routine contracting from major financial commitments, affecting CSIRO officers and external partners.

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Science and Industry Research (Contracts) Regulations

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Statutory Rules 1990 No. 3301

Science and Industry Research (Contracts)

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 Science and Industry Research Act 1949.

Dated 11 October 1990.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Signature of Minister of State for Science and Technology.

Minister of State for Science and Technology

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Science and Industry Research (Contracts) Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Science and Industry Research Act 1949.

Contracts

For the purposes of section 50 of the Act, the amount of $1,000,000 is prescribed.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 October 1990.

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer

(S.R. 310/90)—Cat No. 14/18.9.1990

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

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