Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Measures No. 3) Regulations 2024
I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 24 October 2024
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Katy Gallagher
Minister for Finance
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Measures No. 3) Regulations 2024.
(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. | 29 October 2024 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
1 In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)
Insert:
686 | Agricultural workforce initiatives | To support workforce initiatives that underpin ongoing productivity in the agriculture sector, by funding: (a) the National Farmers Federation to continue to deliver a pilot of the AgCAREERSTART program, which is a structured employment program to help young Australians, up to the age of 25 years, trial and start a career in agriculture in their gap year, as a measure to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following: (i) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 6; (ii) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Employment Policy, particularly Articles 1 and 2; (iii) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources, particularly Articles 1, 2 and 4; or (b) a pilot of the AgConnections program, which is a program that provides grants to universities for a skilled agricultural liaison officer to work with the agricultural industry to facilitate internship and work‑based learning opportunities for students with the aim of increasing the number of highly‑skilled graduates entering the agricultural sector, as a measure to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following: (i) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 6; (ii) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Employment Policy, particularly Articles 1 and 2; (iii) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources, particularly Articles 1, 2 and 4; or (c) Farmsafe Australia to deliver a national campaign, known as National Farm Safety Week, to highlight the key risks in the agricultural industry and promote farm safety awareness, with the aim of reducing the number of injuries and fatalities in the agricultural sector, as a measure that is peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation. |