Industry Research and Development (Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program - Community Jobs and Business Fund) Instrument 2024 (Cth)

Industry Research and Development (Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program - Community Jobs and Business Fund) Instrument 2024 I, Malarndirri McCarthy, Minister for Indigenous Australians, as delegate of the Minister for Industry and Science, make the following instrument.

Dated 15 January 2025

Malarndirri McCarthy Minister for Indigenous Australians

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Prescribed program 6 Specified legislative power 7 Additional operation 8 Eligibility criteria relating to program

1 Name This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program - Community Jobs and Business Fund) Instrument 2024.

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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. constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies eligible person means a person who: (a) lives in a region characterised by a weak labour market and low economic activity; and (b) frequently has difficulty in finding lasting employment. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights means the Covenant of that name done at New York on 16 December 1966, as in force for Australia from time to time. Note: The Covenant is in Australian Treaty Series 1976 No. 5 ([1976] ATS 5) and could in 2024 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au). International Labour Organization's Convention concerning Employment Policy means the Convention of that name done at Geneva on 9 July 1964, as in force for Australia from time to time. Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1970 No. 17 ([1970] ATS 17) and could in 2024 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au). International Labour Organization's Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources means the Convention of that name done at Geneva on 23 June 1975, as in force for Australia from time to time. Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1986 No. 2 ([1986] ATS 2) and could in 2024 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au). program: see subsection 5(1). RJED means Remote Jobs and Economic Development RJED employee means an employee of an RJED recipient whose wages and employee entitlements are paid for out of funding provided under the RJED Program. RJED Program means the Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program prescribed in Item 700 in Pt 4 of Sch 1AB to the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997. RJED recipient means a recipient of funding under the RJED Program.