Industry Research and Development (Empowering Business To Go Digital Program) Instrument 2020

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

Dated 11 June 2020

Karen Andrews

Minister for Industry, Science and Technology

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Prescribed program

6 Specified legislative power

1  Name

  This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Empowering Business To Go Digital Program) Instrument 2020.

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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

  In this instrument:

Act means the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.

NGO means a non‑government organisation.

program means the Empowering Business To Go Digital Program.

5  Prescribed program

 (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the program is prescribed.

 (2) The program provides funding to support an NGO to do any or all of the following:

 (a) increase the awareness, and promote the adoption, of digital electronic communications amongst small businesses by engaging with small businesses and their advisers (whether by using digital electronic communications or other forms of communication);

 (b) establish and operate a website that provides small businesses with up‑to‑date and tailored information about digital electronic communications, including by identifying and drawing together existing digital resources provided by government and by others;

 (c) use digital electronic communications to engage in activities to improve information sharing between small businesses, government, industry associations and other key stakeholders in the program.

6  Specified legislative power

  For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the power of the Parliament to make laws with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution) is specified.