Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C01057:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C01057
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 6308–9144

5  Definitions
  In this determination:
Act means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.
application time, for a project, means the time of application for the declaration of the project as an eligible offsets project.
coal mine waste gas means a substance:
 (a) that consists of:
 (i) naturally occurring hydrocarbons; or
 (ii) a naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons and non‑hydrocarbons; and
 (b) that:
 (i) is drained from an operating underground coal mine that is covered by a lease (however described) that authorises coal mining; or
 (ii) is conveyed in a ventilation air shaft, pipe or duct to the surface of an operating underground coal mine that is covered by a lease (however described) that authorises coal mining; and
 (c) that is continuously maintained in gaseous form until release or conversion.
Note: Eligibility requirements to be a coal mine waste gas project require coal mine waste gas to be sourced from an operating underground coal mine. Use of coal mine waste gas from a decommissioned underground mine is excluded. See section 10.
coal mine waste gas project has the meaning given by section 10.
coal seam methane means a substance that:
 (a) consists of:
 (i) naturally occurring hydrocarbons; or
 (ii) a naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons and non‑hydrocarbons; and
 (b) consists mainly of methane; and
 (c) is drained from a coal seam; and
 (d) is not coal mine waste gas.
collocated: a coal mine is collocated with another coal mine if:
 (a) the boundaries of the leases (however described) that authorise coal mining at each mine overlap, touch or are no more than 10 kilometres apart; and
 (b) each coal mine is identified in the application for the declaration of the project as an eligible offsets project.
combustion, of methane, means conversion of the methane using a process that requires the presence of oxygen and a flame; and combust has a corresponding meaning.
conversion device means a flaring device, a flameless oxidation device or an electricity production device.
conversion, of methane, means the application of a process in which the methane undergoes chemical reactions to produce an equivalent molar quantity of carbon dioxide; and convert has a corresponding meaning.
Note: Conversion may occur with or without the production of other chemical species and with or without the release of energy.
 Combustion and flameless oxidation are both forms of conversion.
declaration day, for a project, means the day the project is declared to be an eligible offsets project.
decommissioned underground coal mine means an underground coal mine where the following activities have not occurred for at least 12 months and are not expected to occur in the future:
 (a) coal production;
 (b) drainage of methane from the mine (including pre‑draining activities);