Industry Research and Development (BusinessBalance Program) Instrument 2020

I, Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, make the following instrument.

Dated 22 October 2020

Michaelia Cash

Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

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 (BusinessBalance 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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 BusinessBalance Program (the program) is prescribed.

 (2) The program provides funding:

 (a) to expand nationally the NewAccess program delivered by Beyond Blue Limited and to tailor that program to small business owners; and

 (b) to expand a free accredited professional development program which:

 (i) is delivered through Deakin University; and

 (ii) focuses on mental health and business skills.

 (3) The purpose of the program is to provide immediate, short‑term support for the mental health and financial wellbeing of small business owners through the response and recovery phases of the COVID‑19 pandemic.

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 postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution) is specified.