1Name#
This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Community Batteries for Household Solar Program) Instrument 2023.
3Authority#
This instrument is made under section 33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.
4Definitions#
In this instrument:
community battery means a battery energy storage system (consisting of one or more batteries) connected to a distribution network with a minimum storage capacity of 100 kWh and maximum storage capacity of 5 MWh.
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).
5Prescribed program#
(2)The program provides funding, in the form of grants, to support the installation of community batteries.
6Specified 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 it relates to measures that would assist Australia to meet its obligations under one or more of the following:
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