Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00490:section:5:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00490
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 8/12)
Character Range: 44372–47121

the Native Title Act 1993.
native title has the same meaning as in the Native Title Act 1993.
native title holder has the same meaning as in the Native Title Act 1993.
native title land: an area of land is native title land if there is an entry on the National Native Title Register specifying that native title exists in relation to the area.
natural disturbance, in relation to an eligible offsets project, means any of the following events, where the event could not reasonably be prevented by the project proponent for the project:
 (a) flood;
 (b) bushfire;
 (c) drought;
 (d) pest attack;
 (e) disease;
 (f) an event specified in the regulations or the legislative rules.
net total number of Australian carbon credit units issued in relation to an eligible offsets project in accordance with Part 2 has the meaning given by section 42.
no double counting test has the meaning given by section 15A.
nominee account means a Registry account designated as a nominee account under subsection 140(6).
non‑Kyoto Australian carbon credit unit means an Australian carbon credit unit other than a Kyoto Australian carbon credit unit.
officer has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001.
offsets integrity standards has the meaning given by section 133.
offsets project means:
 (a) a sequestration offsets project; or
 (b) an emissions avoidance offsets project.
For this purpose, it is immaterial whether the project has been carried out.
offsets report means a report under section 76.
open, in relation to a Registry account, has the same meaning as in the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011.
operation, in relation to a landfill facility, includes the subsistence of the landfill facility.
paid work means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self‑employed person or otherwise).
Paris Agreement means the Paris Agreement, done at Paris on 12 December 2015, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Agreement is in Australian Treaty Series 2016 No. 24 ([2016] ATS 24) and could in 2022 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
permanence period, in relation to an eligible offsets project, has the meaning given by section 86A.
permitted carbon activity has the meaning given by paragraph 97(2)(b).
person means any of the following:
 (a) an individual;
 (b) a body corporate;
 (c) a trust;
 (d) a corporation sole;
 (e) a body politic;
 (f) a local governing body.
person assisting an inspector has the meaning given by section 200.
premises includes the following:
 (a) a structure, building, vehicle, vessel or aircraft;
 (b) a place (whether or not enclosed or built on);
 (c) a part of a thing referred to in