Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CARBON CREDITS (CARBON FARMING INITIATIVE) ACT 2011 - SECT 192

Scope

  (1)   This section applies if a person:

  (a)   made a record of particular information; and

  (b)   used the information to prepare an offsets report.

Record - keeping requirements

  (2)   The regulations or the legislative rules may require the person to retain:

  (a)   the record; or

  (b)   a copy of the record;

for 7 years after the offsets report was given to the Regulator.

  (3)   If a person is subject to a requirement under regulations or legislative rules made for the purposes of subsection   (2), the person must comply with that requirement.

Ancillary contraventions

  (4)   A person must not:

  (a)   aid, abet, counsel or procure a contravention of subsection   (3); or

  (b)   induce, whether by threats or promises or otherwise, a contravention of subsection   (3); or

  (c)   be in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, a contravention of subsection   (3); or

  (d)   conspire with others to effect a contravention of subsection   (3).

Civil penalty provisions

  (5)   Subsections   (3) and (4) are civil penalty provisions .

Note:   Part   21 provides for pecuniary penalties for breaches of civil penalty provisions.