Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00490:section:85
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00490
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 85
Character Range: 180567–182135

85  Regulations or legislative rules may impose notification requirements

Scope
 (1) This section applies if a person is the project proponent for an eligible offsets project.

Regulations or legislative rules
 (2) The regulations or the legislative rules may make provision requiring the person to notify the Regulator of a matter.
 (3) Regulations or legislative rules made for the purposes of subsection (2) may make different provision with respect to different project proponents. This does not limit subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
 (4) A matter specified in regulations or legislative rules made for the purposes of subsection (2) must be relevant to the operation of this Act.

Requirement
 (5) If a person is subject to a requirement under regulations or legislative rules made for the purposes of subsection (2), the person must comply with that requirement.

Ancillary contraventions
 (6) A person must not:
 (a) aid, abet, counsel or procure a contravention of subsection (5); or
 (b) induce, whether by threats or promises or otherwise, a contravention of subsection (5); or
 (c) be in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, a contravention of subsection (5); or
 (d) conspire with others to effect a contravention of subsection (5).

Civil penalty provisions
 (7) Subsections (5) and (6) are civil penalty provisions.
Note: Part 21 provides for pecuniary penalties for breaches of civil penalty provisions.

Part 7—Requirements to relinquish Australian carbon credit units

Division 1—Introduction