Climate Change Amendment Regulations 2020 (Vic)

Climate Change Amendment Regulations 2020

S.R. No. 144/2020

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Principal Regulations

4Objectives

5Definitions

6Heading to Part 2 amended

7Regulations 5 and 6 substituted and new regulation 5A inserted

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2020

S.R. No. 144/2020

Climate Change Act 2017

Climate Change Amendment Regulations 2020

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 22 December 2020

Responsible Minister:

LILY D'AMBROSIO
Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change

CLAIRE CHISHOLM

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Climate Change Regulations 2017—

(a)to prescribe categories of greenhouse gas emissions and removals for the purposes of sector emissions reduction pledges; and

(b)to make minor amendments.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 97 of the Climate Change Act 2017.

3Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Climate Change Regulations 2017[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

4Objectives

(1)In regulation 1(c) of the Principal Regulations, for "Agreements." substitute "Agreements; and".

(2)After regulation 1(c) of the Principal Regulations insert—

"(d)to prescribe categories of greenhouse gas emissions and removals for the purposes of sector emissions reduction pledges.".

5Definitions

(1)For the heading to regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations substitute—

"Definitions".

(2)In regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations insert the following definitions—

"industrial processes means industrial processes and product use as set out in the State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories;

State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories means Australia's National Greenhouse Gas Accounts: State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories as published from time to time;".

6Heading to Part 2 amended

In the heading to Part 2 of the Principal Regulations, after "Greenhouse gas emissions calculations" insert "and sector pledges".

7Regulations 5 and 6 substituted and new regulation 5A inserted

For regulations 5 and 6 of the Principal Regulations substitute—

"5   Form of interim emissions reduction targets—prescribed method for determining the amount of the State's greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2005

For the purposes of section 11(2) of the Act, the figure that represents the amount of the State's greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2005 is to be determined by adding the total carbon dioxide equivalent emission figures for the year 2005 for the State for each of the following sectors as set out in the State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories—

(a)energy;

(b)industrial processes;

(c)agriculture;

(d)waste;

(e)land use, land use change and forestry;

(f)any other sectors.

5APrescribed categories of emissions and removals for sector pledges

For the purposes of sections 43(1) and (2), 44(1)(a) and 45 of the Act, the prescribed categories of emissions and removals are each of the following sectors—

(a)energy;

(b)transport;

(c)industrial processes;

(d)agriculture;

(e)waste;

(f)land use, land use change and forestry.

6Calculation of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions—determining the carbon dioxide equivalent of the State's greenhouse gas emissions for a particular year

For the purposes of B in the formula in section 53 of the Act, the carbon dioxide equivalent of the total amount of the State's greenhouse gas emissions is to be determined by adding the total carbon dioxide equivalent emission figures for the most recent year for the State for each of the following sectors as set out in the State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories—

(a)energy;

(b)industrial processes;

(c)agriculture;

(d)waste;

(e)land use, land use change and forestry;

(f)any other sectors.".

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Endnotes

[1] Reg. 3: S.R. No. 134/2017.

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Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter

The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2014.

Statutory rule provision	Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document	Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document
Regulation 5 (definition of industrial processes)	Australia's National Greenhouse Gas Accounts: State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories 2018, published by the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, May 2020	Appendix 1 – Notes
Regulation 5 (definition of State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories)	Australia's National Greenhouse Gas Accounts: State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories 2018, published by the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, May 2020	Appendix 3 – Sectoral Greenhouse Gas Emissions