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Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Foreign Affairs and Trade Measures No. 4) Regulations 2025

I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, GovernorGeneral of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated     11 December 2025

Sam Mostyn AC

GovernorGeneral

By Her Excellency’s Command

Katy Gallagher

Minister for Finance

 

 

 

 

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997

 

  This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Foreign Affairs and Trade Measures No. 4) Regulations 2025.

 (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.

16 December 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

  This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

 

1  In the appropriate position in Part 3 of Schedule 1AB (table)

Insert:

106

Grants to the International Atomic Energy Agency

To contribute to the funding of the International Atomic Energy Agency, including to support the Agency to:

(a) undertake the following kinds of activities:

(i) activities that support the peaceful application of nuclear science and nuclear technology, including research and development in relation to the application of nuclear science and nuclear technology;

(ii) activities that build capacity in relation to the peaceful application of nuclear science and nuclear technology;

(iii) activities that support international compliance, and the assessment of international compliance, with nuclear safeguards, including by providing training;

(iv) activities that support the development of Australian expertise and capability in relation to nuclear safeguards; and

(b) establish, administer and apply nuclear safeguards; and

(c) review and, if necessary, modify nuclear safeguards in response to technological change; and

(d) carry out research and development in relation to:

(i) nuclear safeguards technology; and

(ii) nuclear safeguards approaches and methodologies; and

(e) implement new and existing techniques and technologies in relation to nuclear safeguards; and

(f) provide technical services in relation to nuclear safeguards.