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Industry Research and Development (Industry 4.0 Testlabs for Australia Program) Instrument 2018

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

Dated   1 November 2018

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 (Industry 4.0 Testlabs for Australia 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.	15 November 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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

participating universities means:

(a)  Swinburne University of Technology; and

(b)  The University of Queensland; and

(c)  The University of Western Australia; and

(d)  University of South Australia; and

(e)  University of Technology, Sydney.

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	Industry 4.0 Testlabs for Australia	The program provides funding to establish Industry 4.0 Testlabs at each of the participating universities. The program will enable the participating universities to: (a) provide innovation support for small and medium business enterprises (SMEs) in priority industry growth sectors by providing access to Industry 4.0 Testlabs; and (b) assist SMEs with building the skills required to capitalise on the technological opportunities presented by the Industry 4.0 Testlabs.

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 includes the requirement that the applicants must be trading or financial corporations to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.