Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00490:section:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00490
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 1/12)
Character Range: 26481–29417

5  Definitions
  In this Act:
25‑year permanence period project has the meaning given by paragraph 27(3)(f).
100‑year permanence period, in relation to an eligible offsets project, has the meaning given by section 87.
100‑year permanence period project has the meaning given by paragraph 27(3)(e).
Aboriginal peoples has the same meaning as in the Native Title Act 1993.
account number, in relation to a Registry account, has the same meaning as in the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011.
agricultural emissions avoidance project means a project to avoid any of the following emissions:
 (a) an emission of methane from the digestive tract of livestock;
 (b) an emission of:
 (i) methane; or
 (ii) nitrous oxide;
  from the decomposition of:
 (iii) livestock urine; or
 (iv) livestock dung;
 (c) an emission of methane from:
 (i) rice fields; or
 (ii) rice plants;
 (d) an emission of:
 (i) methane; or
 (ii) nitrous oxide;
  from the burning of:
 (iii) savannas; or
 (iv) grasslands;
 (e) an emission of:
 (i) methane; or
 (ii) nitrous oxide;
  from the burning of:
 (iii) crop stubble in fields; or
 (iv) crop residues in fields; or
 (v) sugar cane before harvest;
 (f) an emission of:
 (i) methane; or
 (ii) nitrous oxide;
  from soil.
Paragraph (f) does not apply to an emission that is attributable to the operation of a landfill facility.
alter the Registry has the same meaning as in the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011.
applicable carbon sequestration right, in relation to a project area for a sequestration offsets project, has the meaning given by section 43.
applicable methodology determination, in relation to an offsets project, means the methodology determination that is applicable to the project.
Note: See also sections 124 to 130.
area‑based emissions avoidance project has the meaning given by section 53A.
area‑based offsets project means an offsets project that is:
 (a) a sequestration offsets project; or
 (b) an area‑based emissions avoidance project.
assigned amount unit has the same meaning as in the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011.
associated provisions means the following provisions:
 (a) the provisions of the regulations;
 (aa) the provisions of the legislative rules;
 (b) sections 134.1, 134.2, 135.1, 135.2, 135.4, 136.1, 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code, in so far as those sections relate to:
 (i) this Act; or
 (ii) the regulations; or
 (iii) the legislative rules.
audit team leader means a registered greenhouse and energy auditor appointed under any of the following provisions:
 (a) paragraph 13(1)(e);
 (aa) paragraph 13(1)(ea);
 (ab) paragraph 13(1)(eb);
 (b) paragraph 23(1)(d);
 (c) paragraph 76(4)(c);
 (ca) paragraph 76(4)(ca);
 (cb) paragraph 76(4)(cb);
 (d) section 214;
 (e) section 215.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian carbon credit unit means a