Industry Research and Development (National Innovation Games Program) Instrument 2019 (Cth)

Industry Research and Development (National Innovation Games Program) Instrument 2019

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

Dated   29 July 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

7............ Eligibility criteria relating to program............................................................................ 2

1  Name

This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (National Innovation Games 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.	1 August 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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 National Innovation Games 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 the successful applicant to support the management, operation and delivery of the National Innovation Games.

(3)  The purpose of the program is to produce new and innovative solutions to challenges facing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), by bringing together SMEs and higher education students and graduates, in particular science, technology, engineering and mathematics students and graduates, to collaborate in relation to these challenges.

6  Specified legislative power

For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the power of the Parliament under paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution to make laws with respect to foreign corporations and trading or financial corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth is specified.

7  Eligibility criteria relating to program

For the purposes of subsection 33(4) of the Act, the eligibility criteria relating to the program include the requirement that applicants must be trading or financial corporations to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.