Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move government amendments (1) to (12) on sheet BR233:

(1)   Clause 27, page 45 (line 24), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(2)   Clause 29, page 48 (line 14), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(3)   Clause 30, page 50 (line 11), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(4)   Clause 31, page 52 (line 9), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(5)   Clause 32, page 54 (line 10), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(6)   Clause 33, page 55 (line 2), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(7)   Clause 34, page 55 (line 25), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(8)   Clause 35, page 56 (line 16), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(9)   Clause 36, page 57 (line 4), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(10)   Clause 37, page 57 (line 29), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(11)   Clause 38, page 58 (line 27), before "the", insert "if the declaration relates to a sequestration offsets project—".

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(12)   Clause 215, page 244 (line 5), omit "section 75AA", substitute "section 75".

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The amendments to requirements to notify land registration officials remove an obligation on the scheme regulator to notify state land title officers of emission reduction projects because, of course, doing so would be unnecessary. As currently drafted, the administrator must notify the land registration official of all declarations, whether they be in relation to sequestration offsets projects or emission avoidance projects so the register can reflect that a carbon maintenance obligation may apply. Carbon maintenance obligations, however, only apply in relation to sequestration offsets projects. There is therefore as a consequence no need to notify land registration officials of declarations in relation to emission avoidance projects. Item 1 addresses this issue by ensuring that the administrator is only required to notify the land registration official of declarations in relation to sequest­ration offsets projects.

The item 12 amendment, in reference in a note in the CFI bill, corrects a minor drafting error. Clause 215 of the bill deals with audits, and the note in subclause (2) refers to the conduct of audits being dealt with in section 75AA of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. There is, surprisingly, no such section. Instead, the reference should be section 75 of that act. Amendments to the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units I will deal with subsequently.