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Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program, as in force from time to time.

    "Program Funding" or "Program Funds" means the funding made available by the Commonwealth for the Clean Technology Food and Foundries  Investment Program in any given financial year, being the funding specified in the Portfolio Budget Statement (as varied by any Portfolio Additional Estimates Statement or by the Minister) for that year.

    "Program Guidelines" means the guidelines that are given by the Minister to the Department to provide a framework for the operation and administration of the Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program, as in force from time to time.

    "Project" means the set of activities that is the subject matter of the Applicant's application for funding.

    "Recipient" means an entity that is awarded funding under the Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program.

PART 2 – ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATIONS

Procedure

    9.              Subject to clause 15, Innovation Australia will assess the merit of each Eligible Application referred by the Program Delegate, and provide its recommendation to the Program Delegate or, pursuant to clause 10, the Cabinet of the Australian Government.

    10.          Eligible Applications for grants of $10 million or more, that are recommended for approval by Innovation Australia, will also be assessed by the Cabinet of the Australian Government, which will provide a final recommendation to the Program Delegate.

    11.          Innovation Australia must consider Eligible Applications as soon as practicable after those applications have been provided to Innovation Australia.

    12.          In considering Eligible Applications, Innovation Australia must take into account advice provided by the Department on policy issues that are relevant to, or impact on, any of the merit criteria.

    13.          Innovation Australia may request additional information from an applicant after the lodgement of an application.

    14.          In providing the Program Delegate or the Cabinet of the Australian Government with an assessment for an application Innovation Australia may include advice as to whether the relative merits of an application would warrant:

         (a)                an amount of funding that varies from the amount the applicant has applied; and/or

         (b)               that any approval be subject to particular conditions.

Innovation Australia may decline to complete a merit assessment

    15.          Innovation Australia may decide to refuse to complete a merit assessment in respect of a particular application if it is not satisfied:

         (a)                with the level of merit of an Eligible Application in relation to one or more of the merit criteria;

         (b)               that the activities described in the Eligible Application are eligible activities; or

         (c)                without limiting the generality of subclause (a) above, with the overall level of merit of an Eligible Application having regard to all applicable merit criteria.

Merit Criteria

    16.          Innovation Australia must base its assessment of