Industry Research and Development (Digital Atlas of Australia Program) Instrument 2021 (Cth)

Industry Research and Development (Digital Atlas of Australia Program) Instrument 2021

I, Keith Pitt, Minister for Resources and Water, make the following instrument.

Dated: 15 September 2021

Keith Pitt

Minister for Resources and Water

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 (Digital Atlas of Australia 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
1.  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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Digital Atlas of Australia Program (the program) is prescribed.

(2)  The program provides funding for the development and maintenance of a digital atlas of Australia’s geography, incorporating a variety of data content and analytic tools, with secure Commonwealth access and a public interface.

(3)  The purpose of the program is to enhance the Commonwealth’s location-based data and scientific infrastructure and capability.

6  Specified legislative powers

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)  postal, telegraphic, telephonic and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution);

(b)  matters incidental to the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth, including measures that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation (see paragraph 51(xxxix) and section 61 of the Constitution);

(c)  census and statistics (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xi) of the Constitution).