Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2008L03440:body:0:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2008L03440
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 0–3287

Commonwealth of Australia

Industry Research and Development Act 1986

Re-tooling for Climate Change Program Ministerial Directions No 1 of 2008

I, Kim John Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, acting under sections 18A, 19 and 20(1) of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986, give the following Directions to Innovation Australia.

Dated 29 August 2008

Senator the Hon Kim Carr
Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

____________

Purpose

     1. The purpose of this instrument is to give Directions to Innovation Australia (the Board) in relation to:

      (a) an additional function of the Board, namely the provision of technical assessments and merit ranking of eligible applications under the Program; and

      (b) the policies and practices to be followed by the Board in the performance of the function.

    2.             These Directions take effect on 8 September 2008 or the day that the directions are published in the Gazette, whichever is the later.

Interpretation

    3.             In these Directions, unless the contrary intention applies:

Agreement               Means a legal binding document between the Commonwealth and a recipient of funding under the Program, having as a minimum the terms described in the Program Guidelines.

Applicant               Means an entity that submits an application for funding.

Board                   Means Innovation Australia.

Department              Means the Commonwealth Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR).

Eligible application    Means an application for funding that is determined by the Program Delegate to be eligible for assessment in accordance with the Program Guidelines.

Eligible Project        Means a project directed towards the improvement of energy and/or water efficiency of one or more production processes, by a company undertaking manufacturing activities in Australia.

Innovation Australia    Means the Board that assists the Department under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 and subsequent Ministerial Directions.

Manufacturing           Means the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products.

Minister                Means the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

Production Process      Means the process required to manufacture new products, including raw materials storage and finished goods warehousing, but excluding administration.

Program                 Means the Re-tooling for Climate Change program.

Program Delegate        Means an employee of the Department, who has been empowered by the Minister or otherwise duly authorised, to administer the Program.

Program Guidelines      Means those instructions issued to the Department by the Minister for the delivery of the Program.

  4.      In these Directions:

         (a) 'may' is permissive and not mandatory

         (b) a reference to the singular includes the plural, and vice versa

         (c) if a word or phrase is defined its other grammatical forms have corresponding meanings

         (d) 'includes' and 'including' do not limit the words which precede them or to which they refer, and

         (e) any reference to a clause is a reference