Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00182:reg:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00182
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5
Character Range: 857–4819

5  Critical technology–specified kinds of technology
  For the purposes of the definition of critical technology in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations, each kind of technology mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table is specified.

Critical technology–specified kinds of technology
Item                                               Column 1                                                                  Column 2
Kind of technology                                 Description
      1.                                           Advanced manufacturing and materials technology                           Technology that produces, forms, shapes or structures matter in forms with one or more definable properties, characteristics, qualities, or features, and the results thereof.
2.                                                 Artificial intelligence technology                                        Technology that relates to the performance of a sequence of operations to transform or convey information, including as part of, in response to, or in support of, agents exhibiting any degree of autonomous or intelligent behaviour.
3.                                                 Advanced information and communication technology                         Technology that relates to advanced data analytics, advanced optical communications, advanced radiofrequency communications, high performance computing, protective cyber security technologies or virtual worlds.
4.                                                 Biotechnology                                                             Technology that
                                                                                                                               (a)    characterises, measures, modifies or controls biological processes or organisms; or
                                                                                                                               (b)    seeks to characterise, measure, modify or control biological processes or organisms.
5.                                                 Clean energy generation and storage technology                            Technology that is used to provide clean and renewable ways to capture, generate, store and use power.
6.                                                 Quantum technology                                                        Technology that relates to or depends on quantum mechanical properties and effects.
7.                                                 Autonomous systems, robotics, positioning, timing and sensing technology  Technology that
                                                                                                                               (a)    detects, measures, or characterises the state of, or changes to, space-time or the electromagnetic spectrum; or
                                                                                                                               (b)    aids or is intended to aid the navigation of space-time or the electromagnetic spectrum; or
                                                                                                                               (c)     relates to advanced robotics, drones, satellites, and aerospace vehicles, operations and launch systems, including advanced aircraft engines, hypersonics, and autonomous systems operation technology; or
                                                                                                                               (d)    relates to the manufacture, performance, mechanics, or operations of naval nuclear propulsion systems, including the manufacture, storage and disposal of materials and systems for use in nuclear-powered vessels, and technology relating to small nuclear reactors.

Note  The description (if any) of the technology in column 2 of an item in the table is for information only.