Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GREENHOUSE AND ENERGY MINIMUM STANDARDS ACT 2012 - SECT 4

    The objects of this Act are:

  (a)   to give effect to certain obligations that Australia has under the Climate Change Convention; and

  (aa)   to give effect to certain obligations that Australia has under the Paris Agreement; and

  (ab)   to facilitate the operation of an intergovernmental scheme involving the Commonwealth and one or more other participating jurisdictions in relation to equipment energy efficiency; and

  (b)   to promote the development and adoption of products that:

  (i)   use less energy; or

  (ii)   produce fewer greenhouse gases; or

  (iii)   contribute to reducing the amount of energy used, or greenhouse gases produced, by other products.