PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 295C
Regulations relating to tradeable emission schemes
PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 295C
Regulations relating to tradeable emission schemes
295C Regulations relating to tradeable emission schemes
(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to tradeable
emission schemes, including provision for or with respect to any of the
elements referred to in section 295B.
(3) A
tradeable emission scheme regulation may be periodically reviewed by the
Minister, in accordance with a timetable set out in the regulation. Any such
review must include a review of the operation of the elements of the scheme
referred to in section 295B (2).
(4) The Minister is to ensure that the
public is given an opportunity to make submissions with respect to the review,
and that any submissions with respect to the review that are received within
the period allowed for the receipt of submissions are appropriately
considered.
(5) In order to give the public an opportunity to make
submissions with respect to the review, the Minister must--
(a) cause notice
of the review to be published in the Gazette and in such other manner as the
Minister is satisfied is likely to bring the notice to the attention of
members of the public generally or in the locality in which the scheme
operates, and
(b) in that notice, invite the public to make submissions with
respect to the review, and
(c) allow a period of not less than 21 days for
the receipt of those submissions.
(6) For the purposes of this section, a
"tradeable emission scheme regulation" is a regulation that contains only the
following provisions--
(a) provisions that relate to a tradeable emission
scheme (including any ancillary, consequential, savings or transitional
provisions), and
(b) provisions that deal with the citation and commencement
of the regulation, or other provisions of a machinery nature.
(7) This
section does not limit the generality of section 295.
