Industry Research and Development (Australia-India Strategic Research Fund Program) Instrument 2019 (Cth)

Industry Research and Development (Australia‑India Strategic Research Fund Program) Instrument 2019

I, Karen Andrews, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, make the following instrument.

Dated   14/05/2019

Karen Andrews

Minister for Industry, Science and Technology

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

5............ Prescribed program....................................................................................................... 1

6............ Specified legislative power............................................................................................ 2

1  Name

This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Australia-India Strategic Research Fund Program) Instrument 2019.

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
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	21 May 2019

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 means the Australia‑India Strategic Research Fund Program.

5  Prescribed program

(1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the program is prescribed.

(2)  The program provides funding to support Australian researchers and organisations from both the public and private sectors to do the following:

(a)  participate in research projects, workshops, fellowships, exchanges, missions and other collaborative activities with their Indian counterparts;

(b)  support the development of strategic alliances between Australian and Indian research organisations, learned academies and other relevant entities;

(c)  build links between Australian and Indian research and business communities to help capture new innovation opportunities.

(3)  The purpose of the program is to strengthen collaboration between Australia and India in science, technology and innovation to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

6  Specified legislative power

For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the powers of the Parliament to make laws with respect to the following are specified:

(a)  external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution);

(b)  enterprises and activities that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation.