Industry Research and Development (Cooperative Research Centres Projects Program) Instrument 2018 
Reference: LI 2018/2
Document type: Legislative Instrument
Enabling act: Industry Research and Development Act 1986
Date of issue: 21 December 2018
Signatory: Karen Andrews Minister for Industry, Science and Technology
Registration number: F2019L00017
Registration date: 4 January 2019

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

1 Name: This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Cooperative Research Centres Projects 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this instrument is registered. 5 January 2019 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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. Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 | 4 Schedules: Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms. | 5 Definitions: In this instrument: Act means the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 . program means the Cooperative Research Centres Projects Program. | 6 Prescribed program: (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the program is prescribed. (2) The program provides funding, in the form of short-term grants, to support: (a) industry-led collaborative research partnerships aimed at solving industry-identified problems; and (b) the engagement of small and medium enterprises in collaborative research. (a) industry-led collaborative research partnerships aimed at solving industry-identified problems; and (b) the engagement of small and medium enterprises in collaborative research. (3) The purpose of the program is as follows: (a) to improve the competitiveness, productivity and sustainability of Australian industries, especially where Australia has a competitive strength, and in line with government priorities; (b) to foster high-quality research to solve industry-identified problems through industry-led and outcome-focused collaborative research partnerships between industry entities and research organisations; (c) to encourage and facilitate the participation of small and medium enterprises in collaborative research. (a) to improve the competitiveness, productivity and sustainability of Australian industries, especially where Australia has a competitive strength, and in line with government priorities; (b) to foster high-quality research to solve industry-identified problems through industry-led and outcome-focused collaborative research partnerships between industry entities and research organisations; (c) to encourage and facilitate the participation of small and medium enterprises in collaborative research. (4) In addition to funding from the Department administering the program, the program may also include funding from other non-corporate Commonwealth entities (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013). | 7 Specified legislative power: For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the powers 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 are specified. | 8 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. Industry Research and Development (Cooperative Research Centres Projects Program) Instrument 2017 | 1 The whole of the instrument: Repeal the instrument