The Minister may allocate to an SGG licensee:

  (a)   an HFC quota for a calendar year; or

  (b)   in prescribed circumstances, a reserve HFC quota for a specified period (which need not be a calendar year).

Under section   18, it is a condition of an SGG licence that:

  (a)   the licensee must not engage in a regulated HFC activity unless the licensee has been allocated a quota; and

  (b)   the total quantity of HFCs involved in regulated HFC activities engaged in by the licensee is not more than the licensee's quotas.

Sections   36A and 36G limit how much quota the Minister may allocate.