Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ELECTRICITY (GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS) REGULATION 2004 (NO 60 OF 2004)

- made under the Electricity (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Act 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of regulation  
   2.       Commencement  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  
   5.      Offences against regulation—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--GREENHOUSE GAS BENCHMARKS

           Division 2.1--Benchmark participants

   6.      Circumstances in which person is taken to be large customer—Act,  
   7.      Elections to become benchmark participants—  
   8.      Elections by large customers—Act, 9 (2) (a)  
   9.      Duration of election to be elective participant—Act,  
   10.     Regulator may cancel election  
   11.     Payment of greenhouse penalty when election ceases to have effect—Act, s 9 (2)  

           Division 2.2--Greenhouse penalties

   12.     Greenhouse penalty for greenhouse shortfall—Act,  
   13.     CPI adjustment to greenhouse penalty—Act, s 16 (3)  

           Division 2.3--Renewable energy certificates

   14.     Circumstances in which renewable energy certificates may be counted towards greenhouse gas  
   15.     Limit on number of renewable energy certificates that may be counted—Act, s 19  

           Division 2.4--Assessment of compliance with greenhouse gas benchmarks

   16.     Assessment of compliance with greenhouse gas benchmarks  
   17.     Default assessments  
   18.     Amendment of assessments  
   19.     Time limits for amended assessments  
   20.     Amended assessments generally  
   21.     Notice of assessments  

   PART 3--GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT CERTIFICATE SCHEME

           Division 3.1--Eligibility for accreditation

   22.     Electricity generation activities  
   23.     Carbon sequestration activities  
   24.     Demand side abatement activities  
   25.     Large user abatement activities  

           Division 3.2--Applications for accreditation

   26.     Application for accreditation  
   27.     Benefits under other schemes  
   28.     Grounds for refusal of application for accreditation  
   29.     Suspension or cancellation of accreditation  

           Division 3.3--Prescribed conditions of accreditation

   30.     Conditions of accreditation—Act, s 26 (1) (a)  
   31.     Claiming benefits under other schemes  
   32.     Commonwealth renewable energy scheme  
   33.     Carbon sequestration activity to be maintained  
   34.     Retail suppliers of elective participants to be notified to scheme  
   35.     Record keeping  
   36.     Co-operation with audits  

           Division 3.4--Imposition of conditions by scheme administrator

   37.     Imposition of conditions by scheme administrator  
   38.     Financial assurances  

           Division 3.5--Creation of abatement certificates

   39.     Form of abatement certificates  
   40.     Determination of baseline  
   41.     Activities that take place before accreditation  
   42.     Registration of creation of certificate  
   43.     Order requiring surrender of abatement certificates—Act, s  

           Division 3.6--Transfer of certificates

   44.     Entitlement to create transferable abatement certificates  
   45.     Entitlement to create non-transferable abatement certificates  
   46.     Registration of transfers of certificates  
   47.     Register of accredited abatement certificate providers  

           Division 3.7--Audits of accredited abatement certificate providers

   48.     Audits—Act, s 53  
   49.     Impersonating approved auditor  

           Division 3.8--Review of decisions

   50.     Reviewable decisions—Act, s 60 (2) (d)  
           DICTIONARY
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