Industry Research and Development (Access to Bushfire Construction Standards Program) Instrument 2020 (Cth)

Industry Research and Development (Access to Bushfire Construction Standards Program) Instrument 2020 I, Karen Andrews, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, make the following instrument.

Dated 21 April 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 (Access to Bushfire Construction Standards 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.

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. 25 April 2020

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 means the Access to Bushfire Construction Standards Program.

5 Prescribed program (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the program is prescribed. (2) The program is to make one or more payments to Standards Australia so that Australian Standard AS 3959:2018, Construction of buildings in bushfire‑prone areas, as in force from time to time, can be made available to the public online and free of charge. (3) The purpose of the program, having regard to the property loss occurring as a result of the 2019‑20 bushfire season, is to ensure that all Australians have access to the latest bushfire‑ready construction standards, in order to enhance the safety of the lives, homes and property of all Australians.