Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2014A00119:clause:2_7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2014A00119
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 7 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 167098–169845

7  Section 7
Insert:
1 March, when used in the safeguard provisions, means:
 (a) if the 1 March concerned is a business day—that 1 March; or
 (b) if the 1 March concerned is not a business day—the first business day after that 1 March.
account number, in relation to a Registry account, has the same meaning as in the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011.
Australian carbon credit unit has the same meaning as in the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.
avoid, in relation to emissions of greenhouse gases, includes reduce or eliminate.
baseline emissions number has the meaning given by section 22XL.
business day means a day that is not:
 (a) a Saturday; or
 (b) a Sunday; or
 (c) a public holiday in the Australian Capital Territory.
carbon abatement means:
 (a) the removal of one or more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere; or
 (b) the avoidance of emissions of one or more greenhouse gases.
carbon abatement contract has the same meaning as in the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.
covered emissions has the meaning given by section 22XI.
designated large facility has the meaning given by section 22XJ.
Doha Amendment means the amendments to the Kyoto Protocol that:
 (a) were adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, in Decision 1/CMP.8; and
 (b) are set out in Annex I to that Decision.
Note 1: The Doha Amendment was adopted in Doha, Qatar, in December 2012.
Note 2: The Doha Amendment could in 2014 be viewed on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change website (http://www.unfccc.int).
electronic notice transmitted to the Regulator has the same meaning as in the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011.
eligible offsets project has the same meaning as in the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.
excess emissions situation has the meaning given by section 22XE.
financial year, when used in the safeguard provisions, means a financial year that began on or after the safeguard commencement day.
Greater Sunrise unit area has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.
international agreement means an agreement whose parties are:
 (a) Australia and a foreign country; or
 (b) Australia and 2 or more foreign countries.
Kyoto Protocol means the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change done at Kyoto on 11 December 1997, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Kyoto Protocol is in Australian Treaty Series 2008 No. 2 ([2008] ATS 2) and could in 2014 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
monitoring period