Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00046:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00046
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/8)
Character Range: 3335–6321

5  Definitions
  In this determination:
acid sulfate soils management plan, in relation to a tidal restoration project, means a plan that:
 (a) is:
 (i) required by any applicable State, Territory or Commonwealth laws; or
 (ii) recommended by any State, Territory or Commonwealth government body or agency or any local government authority; and
 (b) outlines the actions to be taken to manage the risks arising from disturbance of land containing acid sulphate soils by any eligible project activities for the project.
Act means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.
aquaculture activities means the cultivation of freshwater, brackish and saltwater populations of animals or algae under controlled conditions, but excludes the wild catching of marine and freshwater animals.
Note:  This definition excludes recreational line fishing and crabbing for personal use, but includes the cultivation of animals or algae in fish, shrimp, farm or stock ponds or tanks.
baseline period means the 7 years immediately before the section 22 application or section 29 application relating to a project area.
BlueCAM means the 'Blue Carbon Accounting Model' that is available from the Regulator's website, as in force from time to time.
Note: In January 2022, BlueCAM could be viewed on the Clean Energy Regulator's website (http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au).
BlueCAM guidelines means the guidelines for the use of BlueCAM for the purposes of this determination that are available on the Regulator's website, as in force from time to time.
Note: In January 2022, the BlueCAM guidelines could be viewed on the Regulator's website (http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au)
BlueCAM region means a region defined in the BlueCAM guidelines, for which BlueCAM provides modelled estimates of greenhouse gases and carbon stock for above and below ground live biomass and soil for coastal wetland ecosystems located within that region.
CFI Rule means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule 2015.
carbon estimation area or CEA means an area of land in a project area, that meets the requirements in section 22.
clearing means:
 (a) the conversion, caused by people, of land with forest cover to land without forest cover; or
 (b) the conversion, caused by people other than by planting or seeding, of land with a coastal wetland ecosystem to a land type other than the coastal wetland ecosystem that existed immediately prior to the conversion.
coastal wetland vegetation means the vegetation of a coastal wetland ecosystem.
coastal wetland ecosystem means any of the following:
 (a) supratidal forest;
 (b) saltmarsh;
 (c) sparsely vegetated saltmarsh (saltflats);
 (d) mangroves;
 (e) seagrass;
 (f) other coastal wetland ecosystem.
Note:  A coastal wetland ecosystem can be vegetated or unvegetated.
crediting period tidal inundation map, in relation to a tidal restoration project, means a map that:
 (a) identifies the projected spatial extent of land that will become