Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS MANAGEMENT ACT 1989

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Objectives  
   3A.     Simplified outline of this Act  
   4.      Saving of certain State and Territory laws  
   5.      Act to bind the Crown  
   6.      Extension to external Territories  
   6A.     Application of the Criminal Code  
   6B.     Contravening an offence provision or a civil penalty provision  

   PART II--EXPLANATION--OF TERMS USED IN THE ACT

   7AA.    Simplified outline of this Part  
   7.      Definitions  
   8A.     Licence periods  
   9.      References to scheduled substances and equipment  
   9AA.    Used substances  
   9A.     Quantities expressed in CO 2 e megatonnes  
   10.     Quantities expressed in ODP tonnes  
   12.     Recycling of scheduled substances  

   PART III--LICENCES

           Division 1--Preliminary

   12A.    Simplified outline of this Part  
   12B.    Import or export of CFCs, halons, HCFCs, HFCs and PFCs for use on board ships or aircraft  

           Division 2--Requirement to have licence

   13.     Prohibition--unlicensed manufacture of scheduled substance or equipment  
   13AA.   Prohibition--unlicensed import of scheduled substance or equipment  
   13AB.   Prohibition--unlicensed export of scheduled substance or equipment  
   13AC.   Penalties for unlicensed manufacture, import or export of scheduled substances or equipment  
   13A.    Licences and what they allow  
   13B.    Fit and proper person considerations  

           Division 3--Grant of licence

   14.     Application for licence  
   15.     Request for further information  
   16.     Grant of licence  
   17.     Deemed refusal of licence  

           Division 4--Conditions on, and duration of, licence

   18.     Conditions of licences  
   19.     Duration of licences  

           Division 5--Renewing licences

   19AA.   Application for renewal of licence  
   19AB.   Request for further information  
   19AC.   Decision on application  
   19AD.   Deemed refusal of renewal  
   19AE.   Deemed application for new licence  

           Division 6--Other changes to licences

   19A.    Termination of licences  
   19B.    Transfer of licences  
   19C.    Amendment of licence at request of licensee  
   19D.    Suspension of licence  
   20.     Cancellation of licence  
   21.     Surrender of licence  

           Division 7--Other provisions

   22.     Publication of information regarding licences etc.  

   PART IV--HCFC--QUOTAS

   22A.    Simplified outline of this Part  
   23.     Meaning of licence and licensee  
   23A.    HCFC quota periods  
   24.     How to work out HCFC industry limits  
   25.     How to work out reserve HCFC quota limits  
   25A.    Regulated HCFC activities  
   26.     Start of first HCFC quota period  
   27.     Application for quota  
   28.     Allocation of quota  
   29.     Limits on power to allocate reserve HCFC quotas  
   30.     Duration of quotas  
   31.     HCFC quota sizes  
   32.     Reserve HCFC quota sizes  
   33.     Reserve HCFC quotas: variation or revocation  
   34.     Quotas cease when licences cease  
   35.     Transfer of quotas  
   35A.    Direction to export HCFCs if quota exceeded  

   PART IVA--HFC--QUOTAS

           Division 1--Outline of this Part

   36.     Simplified outline of this Part  

           Division 2--HFC quotas

   36A.    HFC industry limit  
   36B.    Regulated HFC activities  
   36C.    Applications, allocation and size of HFC quotas  
   36D.    Duration of HFC quotas  
   36E.    Quotas cease when licences cease  
   36F.    Transfer of quotas  

           Division 3--Reserve HFC quotas

   36G.    Reserve HFC quotas  

           Division 4--Other provisions

   36H.    Direction to export HFCs if quota exceeded  
   36J.    Basis on which quotas are allocated  

   PART VIA--CONTROLS--ON DISPOSAL, USE ETC. OF SCHEDULED SUBSTANCES

   45AA.   Simplified outline of this Part  
   45A.    Regulation of disposal, use etc. of scheduled substances  
   45B.    Discharge of scheduled substances  
   45C.    Use of HCFC  

   PART VII--REPORTS--AND RECORDS

   46AA.   Simplified outline of this Part  
   46.     Periodic reports in relation to scheduled substances  
   48.     Records to be kept by licensees  

   PART VIII--ENFORCEMENT

           Division 1--Preliminary

   48A.    Simplified outline of this Part  
   49.     Appointment of inspectors  
   49A.    Directions to inspectors  

           Division 2--Monitoring powers

   50.     Monitoring powers  
   51.     Modifications of Part 2 of the Regulatory Powers Act  

           Division 2A--Investigation powers

   52.     Investigation powers  
   53.     Modifications of Part 3 of the Regulatory Powers Act  
   54.     Directions about dealing with pressurised containers  

           Division 3--Forfeiture of goods

              Subdivision A--Forfeitable goods

   57.     Forfeitable goods  

              Subdivision B--Forfeiture following conviction or making of civil penalty order

   58.     Goods forfeited to Commonwealth  
   59.     Power to seize forfeited goods  
   60.     Persons not to move etc. seized goods  

              Subdivision C--Forfeiture of seized goods

   60A.    Forfeiture notices  
   60B.    Claims that seized goods are not forfeitable goods  
   60C.    Forfeiture of seized goods to the Commonwealth  
   60D.    Right of compensation in certain circumstances  

              Subdivision D--General provisions

   60E.    Forfeited goods become the property of the Commonwealth  
   61.     Disposal of forfeited goods  

           Division 4--Civil penalties

   62.     Civil penalty provisions  

           Division 5--Infringement notices

   63.     Infringement notices  

           Division 6--Enforceable undertakings

   64.     Enforceable undertakings  

           Division 7--Injunctions

   64A.    Injunctions  

           Division 8--Notices to produce

   64B.    Secretary may require person to provide information etc.  

   PART VIIIA--OZONE--PROTECTION AND SGG ACCOUNT

   65.     Simplified outline of this Part  
   65A.    Definitions  
   65B.    Ozone Protection and SGG Account  
   65C.    Amounts to be credited to the Account  
   65D.    Purposes of the Account  

   PART VIIIB--INFORMATION--SHARING

           Division 1--Outline of this Part

   65E.    Simplified outline of this Part  

           Division 2--Authorised uses and disclosures by Minister

   65F.    Disclosure of relevant information to Commonwealth entities  
   65G.    Disclosure of relevant information to State or Territory government body  
   65H.    Disclosure for the purposes of law enforcement  
   65J.    Use or disclosure to reduce serious risk to human health  
   65K.    Use or disclosure to reduce serious risk to the environment  

           Division 3--Authorised uses and disclosures by entrusted persons

   65L.    Use or disclosure for the purposes of an Act  
   65M.    Publicly available information  
   65N.    Person to whom information relates  
   65P.    Use or disclosure with consent  
   65Q.    Person who provided information  
   65R.    Summaries or statistics  
   65S.    Disclosure to a court, tribunal etc.  
   65T.    Use for the purposes of disclosure  

           Division 4--Offences

   65U.    Unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information--entrusted person  
   65V.    Unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information--official of Commonwealth entity  

   PART VIIIC--REVIEW--OF DECISIONS

   65W.    Simplified outline of this Part  
   65X.    Reviewable decisions  
   65Y.    Notification of reviewable decisions etc.  
   65Z.    Reconsideration of reviewable decisions--application for reconsideration  
   65ZA.   Reconsideration of reviewable decisions--conducting the reconsideration  
   65ZB.   Reconsideration of reviewable decisions--reconsideration decision  
   65ZC.   Review of decisions by Administrative Appeals Tribunal  

   PART IX--MISCELLANEOUS

   66.     Simplified outline of this Part  
   66A.    Approved forms  
   67A.    Delegation by the Minister  
   67AA.   Delegation by the Secretary  
   67B.    Disclosure of information to the Clean Energy Regulator  
   68.     Annual report  
   69.     Collection of licence levies  
   69A.    Implementation of Montreal Protocol--supplementary regulations  
   69B.     Constitutional basis of this Act  
   69BA.   Additional operation of this Act  
   69C.    Jurisdiction of State courts  
   69D.    Jurisdiction of Territory courts  
   69E.    Compensation for acquisition of property  
   70.     Regulations  
           SCHEDULE 1 Scheduled substances