Industry Research and Development (International CCUS Research Partnerships Program) Instrument 2023 I, Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy, as delegate of the Minister for Industry and Science, make the following instrument. Dated 8 November 2023 Chris Bowen Minister for Climate Change and Energy 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 (International CCUS Research Partnerships Program) Instrument 2023. 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 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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. Kyoto Protocol means the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at Kyoto on 11 December 1997, as in force for Australia from time to time. Note: The Protocol is in Australian Treaty Series 2008 No. 2 ([2008] ATS 2) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au). Paris Agreement means the Paris Agreement, done at Paris on 12 December 2015, as in force for Australia from time to time. Note: The Agreement is in Australian Treaty Series 2016 No. 24 ([2016] ATS 24) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au). program: see subsection 5(1). United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at New York on 9 May 1992, as in force for Australia from time to time. Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1994 No. 2 ([1994] ATS 2) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au). 5 Prescribed program (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the International CCUS Research Partnerships Program (the program) is prescribed. (2) The program provides funding to CO2CRC Limited (ABN 56 117 183 516) to conduct carbon capture, utilisation and storage research and development activities with partners from Japan and the Republic of Korea. (3) The program does not provide funding for carbon capture, utilisation and storage research and development activities associated with the extraction of coal, oil or natural gas. 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 external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution) is specified, as that power relates to measures to give effect to Australia's obligations under one or more of the following: (a) the Kyoto Protocol, particularly Article 10; (b) the Paris Agreement, particularly Articles 4 and 10; (c) the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, particularly Article 4.