Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00178:section:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00178
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3
Character Range: 7791–8783

3  Objects of this Act
  The objects of this Act are to:
 (a) establish a vehicle emissions standard covering certain vehicles, that will:
 (i) create economic incentives for the manufacturers and suppliers of such vehicles to provide models to the Australian market that emit less carbon dioxide; and
 (ii) provide consumers in Australia with a choice of vehicles that meet their work and lifestyle needs while also meeting the environmental expectations of the community; and
 (iii) be transparent, flexible and able to be calibrated over time according to policy needs; and
 (iv) be robust and based on the best available evidence and data; and
 (b) reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the transport sector, thereby contributing to the achievement of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; and
 (c) give effect to certain obligations that Australia has as a party to the following:
 (i) the Climate Change Convention;
 (ii) the Kyoto Protocol;
 (iii) the Paris Agreement.