Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01230:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01230
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 3730–6551

5  Definitions
  In this determination:
Act means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.
amendment Act has the meaning given by subsection 11(5).
API Compendium has the same meaning as in the NGER (Measurement) Determination.
component, in relation to a gas, means a component of the gas that is listed in an item of the table in subsection 2.22(3) of the NGER (Measurement) Determination.
declaration day, for an oil or gas fugitives (RTF) project, means the day the project is declared to be an eligible offsets project.
facility has the same meaning as in the NGER Act.
flare device means a device that flares fugitive leak emissions or process venting emissions, but does not include a device that is directly associated with the operation of an electricity production device.
flare device included in the project for a reporting period means a flare device that, for one or more periods during the reporting period, combusts fugitive leak emissions or process venting emissions that would have been vented to the atmosphere if the project had not been undertaken.
flaring means the combustion of gas for a purpose other than producing energy.
fugitive leak emissions means any of the following that are not process venting emissions:
 (a) emissions from equipment, including emissions from:
 (i) storage tanks; and
 (ii) loading losses; and
 (iii) equipment listed in section 5.4.3, 5.6.4, 5.6.5 or 6.1.2 of the API Compendium;
 (b) fugitive emissions within the meaning of section 6 of the API Compendium.
fugitive leak measurement period has the meaning given by section 33.
gas capture equipment: equipment (which may be a single piece of equipment, or multiple pieces of equipment that make up a system) is gas capture equipment if:
 (a) the equipment captures fugitive leak emissions or process venting emissions; and
 (b) without the equipment, the emissions would be released to the atmosphere.
gas quantity means a quantity of gas expressed in tonnes.
historical sampling data has the meaning given by subsection 34(1).
intention notice time has the meaning given by subsection 11(5).
mass fraction means the fraction by mass, expressed as a percentage, of a particular component in a gas quantity.
molar fraction means the fraction, expressed as a percentage, of a particular component of a gas quantity measured in moles of the component per mole of the gas quantity.
monitored operating period for a flare device has the meaning given by section 32.
monitoring requirements means the requirements set out in sections 31 to 34.
NGA Factors document means the document entitled "National Greenhouse Accounts Factors", published by the Department and as in force from time to time.
NGER Act means the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007.
NGER (Measurement) Determination means