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Industry Research and Development Decision‑making Principles 2022

I, Angus Taylor, Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, make the following Decision‑making Principles under section 32A of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.

Dated: 30 March 2022

Angus Taylor
Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction

Contents
Part 1  Preliminary
1.1 Name
1.2 Commencement
1.3 Authority
1.4 Schedules
1.5 Definitions
1.6 Overview of Principles
Part 2 Principles applying to certain decisions under Part III of Act
2.1 Application
2.2 Proper decision‑making process
2.3 Making the decision
Part 3 Principles applying to decisions about extensions of time
3.1 Application
3.2 When extension of time must, or may, be given
3.3 Considering reason extension of time is required
3.4 If there is an act or omission of the Board
3.5 If there is some other reason an extension is required
3.6 Effect of extension on findings
Part 4 Principles applying to decisions about findings
4.1 Application
4.2 When refusal to make a finding is justified
4.3 Refusal to make an advance finding
4.4 Refusal to make finding about activities to be conducted outside Australia
4.5 When refusal to make finding is not justified
Part 5 Principles applying to decisions about variation of registration
5.1 Application
5.2 When a variation of registration may be made
5.3 When a variation is justified
5.4 Decision not to vary

Part 1 Preliminary

1.1 Name
  These Principles are the Industry Research and Development Decision‑making Principles 2022.

1.2 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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

1.3 Authority

         This instrument is made under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.

1.4 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.

1.5 Definitions

         In these Principles:
       Act means the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.
       interested person means any of the following:
          (a)      an