Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00466:clause:2_5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00466
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 5 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 7089–9829

of those cattle is maintained.
Note: A business operation that defines a herd of cattle for a project must satisfy the separate business operation requirement (section 10) and the herd continuity requirement (section 11).
cattle means beef cattle.
crude protein means the total protein equivalent in a feed, based on an assumed nitrogen content of 16% of the total protein equivalent of the feed. Crude protein includes true protein and non‑protein nitrogen.
dry matter means the total weight of a feed minus the weight of its water content.
dry matter digestibility means the percentage of dry matter in a feed able to be digested by cattle, as determined by an in‑vitro testing method.
eligible herd management project means a herd management project that has been declared an eligible offsets project under section 27 of the Act.
emissions intensity reference period, for a herd—see subsection 16(4).
entity has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.
Note: See section 184.1 of that Act.  The definition covers all kinds of legal persons and other things that in practice are treated as having a separate identity in the same way as a legal person does, and so can be registered for GST. These include an individual, a body corporate, a corporation sole, a body politic, a partnership, any other unincorporated association or body of persons, a trust or a superannuation fund.
full data herd—see subsection 16(2).
herd of a business operation, at a particular time, means all cattle that are on the livestock inventory of the business operation at that time.
Note: An animal in utero will not be a separate member of the herd.
Herd Management Calculator means the Calculator that is published from time to time on the Department's website with a statement that:
 (a) it is the Beef Cattle Herd Management Calculator for this determination; and
 (b) if it differs from the version that was on the website at the time of commencement of this determination—the differences consist only of one of more of the following:
 (i) updates to inputs and variables used by the Calculator that are consistent with either or both of the following:
 (A) the National Inventory Report;
 (B) the carbon dioxide equivalence and applicable methods under subsection 10(3) of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007;
 (ii) updates that have a minor effect on the calculation of abatement;
 (iii) updates that are necessary or incidental to updates referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii).
herd management project—see section 6.
input date—see section 24.
input group—see section 24.
limited data herd—see subsection 16(3).
linked, of an entity: if:
 (a) 2 entities are members of a group that constitutes