Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

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

(see s 3)

Note 1     The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.

Note 2     For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

              •     ACT

              •     Commonwealth

              •     function

              •     person

              •     the Territory

              •     under

              •     writing

              •     year.

Note 3     Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Electricity (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Act 2004 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For example, the following terms are defined in the Electricity (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Act 2004, dict:

              •     abatement certificate

              •     accredited abatement certificate provider

              •     benchmark participant (see s 9)

              •     carbon dioxide equivalent

              •     elective participant

              •     greenhouse gas

              •     greenhouse gas benchmark rules

              •     greenhouse penalty

              •     greenhouse shortfall (see s 11 (4))

              •     large customer

              •     licence

              •     market customer

              •     national electricity code

              •     NEMMCO

              •     register

              •     register of abatement certificates

              •     register of accredited abatement certificate providers

              •     regulator

              •     renewable energy certificate

              •     retail supplier

              •     rules

              •     scheme administrator.

"approved auditor "means a person required by the regulator or scheme administrator to conduct an audit under division 3.7.

"carbon sequestration activity"—see section 23.

"Commonwealth renewable energy scheme baseline" of a power station means the 1997 eligible renewable power baseline for the power station within the meaning of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (Cwlth), section 14.

"demand side abatement activity"—see section 24.

"electricity generation activity"—see section 22.

eligible land has the meaning given by the greenhouse gas benchmark rules.

"greenhouse gas benchmark statement" means a statement required to be lodged by a benchmark participant under the Act, section 17.

"large user abatement activity"—see section 25.

"mandatory greenhouse gas scheme" means a mandatory scheme (whether of the ACT or another jurisdiction) intended to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions or that has the effect of substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions (but does not include the abatement certificate scheme established under the Act).

"ORER" means the Office of the Renewable Energy regulator within the meaning of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (Cwlth).

"supplier" means a retail supplier.