Industry Research and Development (National Positioning Infrastructure Capability Program) Instrument 2018 (Cth)

Industry Research and Development (National Positioning Infrastructure Capability Program) Instrument 2018

I, Michaelia Cash, Minister for Jobs and Innovation, make the following instrument.

Dated 23 July 2018

Michaelia Cash

Minister for Jobs and Innovation

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 (National Positioning Infrastructure Capability Program) Instrument 2018.

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.	25 July 2018

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

5  Prescribed program

For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the program specified in item 1 of the following table is prescribed.

Prescribed program
Item	Column 1 Program	Column 2 Description and purpose of the program
1	National Positioning Infrastructure Capability Program	Financial assistance to establish a national network to deliver accurate positioning, navigation and timing data in near real time by: (a) integrating existing and new ground stations for Global Navigation Satellite Systems; and (b) establishing a Global Navigation Satellite Systems data analytics and monitoring capability within Geoscience Australia to deliver standardised open data to users and ensure network integrity.

6  Specified legislative power

For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the power of the Parliament to make laws with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution) is specified.