Industry Research and Development (National Agricultural Innovation Agenda Program) Instrument 2021

I, David Littleproud, as delegate of the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, make the following instrument.

Dated 7 April 2021

David Littleproud

Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management

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 (National Agricultural Innovation Agenda Program) Instrument 2021.

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

program: see subsection 5(1).

5  Prescribed program

 (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the National Agricultural Innovation Agenda Program (the program) is prescribed.

 (2) The program provides funding to Agricultural Innovation Australia Ltd to assist Agricultural Innovation Australia Ltd to undertake its activities of:

 (a) developing research and development investment strategies; and

 (b) funding research and development projects identified by such strategies.

 (3) The purpose of the program is to support investment in research and development which:

 (a) addresses significant issues affecting a number of sectors (including the fishery and forestry sectors) of Australian agriculture; and

 (b) is of national benefit and importance because it is conducive to the increased sustainability, productivity and profitability of Australian agriculture.

6  Specified legislative power

  For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the powers of the Parliament to make laws with respect to the following are specified:

 (a) foreign corporations, and trading or financial corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution);

 (b) enterprises and activities that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation (see paragraph 51(xxxix) and section 61 of the Constitution).