ELECTRICITY (GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS) ACT 2004 (NO. 71 OF 2004)
ELECTRICITY (GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS) ACT 2004 (NO. 71 OF 2004)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Objects of Act
4. Dictionary
5. Notes
6. Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc
PART 2--GREENHOUSE GAS BENCHMARKS
7. Territory greenhouse gas benchmarks
8. Greenhouse gas benchmarks to apply to benchmark participants
9. Benchmark participants
10. Principles for working out greenhouse gas benchmarks for benchmark
11. Principles for working out compliance with greenhouse gas benchmarks
12. Greenhouse shortfalls may be carried forward
13. Factors to be determined and notified before beginning of each year
14. Evidentiary provisions relating to benchmarks
PART 3--ENFORCEMENT OF GREENHOUSE GAS BENCHMARKS
15. Licence conditions applying to retail suppliers
16. Greenhouse penalties
17. Annual greenhouse gas benchmark statements
18. Restrictions on surrender of abatement certificates
19. Assessment of compliance with greenhouse gas benchmarks
20. Validity of assessment
21. Waiver or suspension of obligations in emergencies
PART 4--ACCREDITATION OF ABATEMENT CERTIFICATE PROVIDERS
22. Accreditation required for creating abatement certificates
23. Eligibility for accreditation
24. Application for accreditation
25. Duration of accreditation
26. Conditions of accreditation
27. Contravention of conditions—offence
28. Accreditation not transferable
PART 5--CREATION OF ABATEMENT CERTIFICATES
29. Accredited abatement certificate provider may create certificates
30. Value of certificate
31. Entitlement to create abatement certificates
32. When certificates may be created
33. Creation of certificate must be registered
34. Duration of certificate
35. Scheme administrator may require surrender of certificates
36. Records to be kept by accredited abatement certificate providers
37. Improper creation of abatement certificates—offence
PART 6--TRANSFERS AND OTHER DEALINGS IN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATES
38. Kinds of abatement certificate
39. Transferability of certificates
40. Application for registration of transfer
41. Other dealings in certificates
42. Holder of certificate may deal with certificate
43. Scheme administrator not concerned with legal effect of
PART 7--REGISTERS
44. Registers to be kept
45. Register of accredited abatement certificate providers
46. Register of abatement certificates
47. Evidentiary provisions
48. Correction of register
PART 8--THE REGULATOR AND SCHEME ADMINISTRATOR
49. The regulator
50. Functions of regulator etc
51. Scheme administrator
52. Functions of scheme administrator etc
53. Conduct of audits
54. Provision of information, documents and evidence
55. Executive documents and proceedings
56. Confidential information
57. Annual report by regulator
PART 9--REVIEW OF DECISIONS
58. Notice of decisions that may be reconsidered or reviewed
59. Reconsideration of certain decisions
60. Reviewable decisions
PART 10--MISCELLANEOUS
61. Greenhouse gas benchmark rules
62. Obligations under greenhouse gas benchmark rules
63. Criminal liability of executive officers
64. Determination of fees
65. Approved forms
66. Regulation-making power
DICTIONARY
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