Industry Research and Development (Critical Minerals Development Program) Instrument 2022 (Cth)

Industry Research and Development (Critical Minerals Development Program) Instrument 2022 I, Madeleine King, Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia, make the following instrument.

Dated: 27 October 2022

Madeleine King Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Prescribed program 6 Specified legislative power 7 Eligibility criteria relating to program

1 Name This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Critical Minerals Development Program) Instrument 2022.

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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Critical Minerals Development Program (the program) is prescribed. (2) The program provides funding, in the form of grants, to: (a) assist early to mid-stage critical minerals projects of strategic significance to overcome technical and market barriers; and (b) support those projects through various points in the development process until the projects are sufficiently advanced to seek financing; and (c) support project activities that may occur between completion of exploration and the final investment decision, including studies and design work, as well as contributions towards the capital costs of pilots and demonstration projects. (3) The purpose of the program is to build alternative, competitive and reliable end‑to‑end critical minerals supply chains with Australia's allies and partners.