Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00562:clause:2_11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00562
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 11
Character Range: 22203–24253

11  Savanna sequestration projects
 (1) For paragraph 106(1)(a) of the Act, this determination applies to an offsets project that:
 (a) involves undertaking savanna fire management with the following objectives:
 (i) removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by sequestering more carbon in dead organic matter than was sequestered during the baseline period;
 (ii) avoiding the emission of methane and nitrous oxide from the burning of savannas, compared to the emissions during the baseline period; and
 (b) does not result in an increase in:
 (i) greenhouse gas emissions from other sources such as livestock; or
 (ii) the rate of decomposition of organic carbon; and
 (c) is carried out on a savanna that is in either or both of the following:
 (i) the high-rainfall zone;
 (ii) the low-rainfall zone; and
 (d) can reasonably be expected to result in eligible carbon abatement.
 (2) A project covered by subsection (1) is a savanna sequestration project.
Projects not covered by this determination
 (3) This determination does not apply to an offsets project whose applicable methodology determination is a savanna emissions avoidance determination.
 (4) If the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment Act 2018 commences, subsection (3) ceases to apply on and after the date that it commences.
Note: As a result of subsection (3), if a project proponent is running a project that is covered by a savanna emissions avoidance determination, they cannot apply this determination to the project by making a request under section 128 of the Act. See section 23 for an outline of other ways of moving their project onto this determination.
 As a result of subsection (4), however, after the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment Act 2018 commences, project proponents will be able to apply this determination to such a project by making a request under section 128 of the Act, in addition to the other ways of moving a project onto this determination outlined in section 23.

Part 3—Project requirements
Division 1—General