Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1) (Cth)

Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 194

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Act 2004.

Dated 19 October 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

BILL SHORTEN

Assistant Treasurer

1. Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

1. Amendment of Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Regulations 2004

Schedule 1 amends the Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Regulations 2004.

Schedule 1          Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]          Regulation 3, after definition of biodiesel blend

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duty rate means the excise duty rate for biodiesel.

[2]          Regulation 5

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1. Start and end days for entitlements

(1)For paragraph 5 (1) (i) of the Act, this regulation sets out a requirement for a provisional entitlement to a cleaner fuel grant for fuel mentioned in an item of the table in subregulation (2).

(2)The qualifying time mentioned in paragraph 5 (1) (c) of the Act must occur:

(a)on or after the start day mentioned in the item; and

(b)before the end day (if any) mentioned in the item.

Item	Fuel	Start day	End day
1	Biodiesel blend	18 September 2003
2	Low sulphur PULP	1 January 2006	31 December 2007
3	Ultra low sulphur automotive diesel	1 January 2007	31 December 2008

(3)For paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Act, the start day for fuel mentioned in an item of the table in subregulation (2) is the start day for that paragraph.

[3]          Regulation 6, formula

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[4]          Regulation 6, definition of previous grant, notes

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Note   A quantity of biodiesel might contain some components of biodiesel for which provisional entitlements arose before the qualifying time under section 5 of the Act.

[5]          Regulation 7, definition of biodiesel rate

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offset rate

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duty rate

[6]          Regulation 7, definition of biodiesel rate, note

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[7]          Regulation 7C, formula

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[8]          Regulation 7C, definition of previous grant, notes

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Note A quantity of final fuel might contain some components of renewable diesel for which provisional entitlements arose before the qualifying time under section 5 of the Act.

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