Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move government amendments (3) to (5) and (29), (30) and (33) on sheet BE242 together:

(3)    Clause 5, page 10 (after line 18), after the definition of Crown land, insert:

Crown lands Minister:

             (a)    in relation to a State—means the Minister of the State who, under the regulations, is taken to be the Crown lands Minister of the State; or

             (b)    in relation to a Territory—means the Minister of the Territory who, under the regulations, is taken to be the Crown lands Minister of the Territory.

(4)    Clause 5, page 23 (lines 3 to 8), omit the definition of principal State Minister.

(5)    Clause 5, page 23 (lines 9 to 14), omit the definition of principal Territory Minister.

(29)  Clause 209, page 264 (lines 22 and 23), omit “principal State Minister of the State, or the principal Territory Minister of the Territory, as the case requires,”, substitute “Crown lands Minister of the State or Territory”.

(30)  Clause 212, page 269 (lines 4 and 5), omit “principal State Minister of the State, or the principal Territory Minister of the Territory, as the case requires,”, substitute “Crown lands Minister of the State or Territory”.

(33)  Clause 241B, page 326 (lines 9 to 11), omit “Minister of the State or Territory who, under the regulations, is taken to be the Crown lands Minister of the State or Territory”, substitute “Crown lands Minister of the State or Territory”.

These are, again, technical amendments to ensure that the bill refers consistently to Crown lands ministers for the purposes of the reforestation provisions. At present, some provisions refer to Crown lands ministers and some refer to principle ministers.

Question agreed to.

I move government amendment (35) on sheet BE242:

(35)  Clause 278, page 360 (lines 21 to 32), omit the clause, substitute:

277A  Publication of concise description of the characteristics of Australian emissions units

                 The Authority must:

             (a)    before 31 December 2010, publish on its website a statement setting out a concise description of the characteristics of Australian emissions units; and

             (b)    keep that statement up-to-date.

278  Publication of concise description of the characteristics of eligible international emissions units

Kyoto units

        (1)    The Authority must:

             (a)    within 30 days after the commencement of this section, publish on its website a statement setting out a concise description of the characteristics of each of the following types of eligible international emissions units:

                   (i)    certified emission reductions (other than a temporary certified emission reduction or a long-term certified emission reduction);

                  (ii)    emission reduction units;

                 (iii)    removal units; and

             (b)    keep that statement up-to-date.

        (2)    The Authority must:

             (a)    within 30 days after the commencement of regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of eligible international emissions unit in section 5, publish on its website a statement setting out a concise description of the characteristics of units prescribed by those regulations; and

             (b)    keep that statement up-to-date.

Non-Kyoto units

        (3)    The Authority must:

             (a)    within 30 days after the commencement of regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of non-Kyoto international emissions unit in section 5, publish on its website a statement setting out a concise description of the characteristics of units prescribed by those regulations; and

             (b)    keep that statement up-to-date.

        (4)    The Authority must:

             (a)    within 30 days after the commencement of regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of non-Kyoto international emissions unit in section 5, publish on its website a statement setting out a concise description of the characteristics of units prescribed by those regulations; and

             (b)    keep that statement up-to-date.

This amendment clarifies the timing of the authority’s power to publish statements describing the characteristics of eligible emissions units. They set out when the authority is empowered to publish statements setting out the characteristics of AEUs—Australian emissions units—and eligible international emissions units. This will enable people selling those emissions units to rely on the authority statement in place of a product disclosure statement from the commencement of the legislation.

Question agreed to.