Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00517:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00517
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 9714–12555

4  Definitions
  In this Act:
account number, in relation to a Registry account, has the meaning given by subsection 10(4).
alter the Registry, includes:
 (a) make an entry in the Registry; and
 (b) remove an entry from the Registry.
assigned amount unit means an assigned amount unit issued in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Kyoto rules. It is immaterial whether the unit was issued in or out of Australia.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian carbon credit unit has the same meaning as in the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.
business day means a day that is not:
 (a) a Saturday; or
 (b) a Sunday; or
 (c) a public holiday in the Australian Capital Territory.
certified emission reduction means a certified emission reduction issued outside Australia in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Kyoto rules.
civil penalty order means an order under subsection 69(1).
civil penalty provision means a provision declared by this Act to be a civil penalty provision.
clean development mechanism project means a project that is treated as a clean development mechanism project for the purposes of the relevant provisions of the Kyoto rules.
Climate Change Convention means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change done at New York on 9 May 1992, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The text of the Convention is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1994 No. 2 ([1994] ATS 2). In 2011, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).
commitment period means a period that is treated as a commitment period for the purposes of the Kyoto rules.
Note: The first commitment period begins on 1 January 2008 and ends on 31 December 2012.
commitment period reserve has the meaning given by the regulations.
Commonwealth holding account means a Commonwealth Registry account designated as a Commonwealth holding account.
Commonwealth Registry account means a Registry account kept in the name of the Commonwealth.
decision of the Meeting of the Kyoto Parties means a decision of the Meeting of the Kyoto Parties as existing from time to time. It is immaterial whether the decision was made before, at or after the commencement of this section.
designated, in relation to a Commonwealth Registry account, means designated under regulations made for the purposes of section 12.
electronic communication means a communication by means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy.
electronic notice transmitted to the Regulator has the meaning given by section 5.
eligible international emissions unit means:
 (a) a certified emission reduction (other than a temporary certified emission reduction or a