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2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
National Greenhouse and Energy
Reporting Amendment (Transparency in
Carbon Emissions Accounting) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Mr Wilkie)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
National Greenhouse
and Energy Reporting Act 2007
, and for related
purposes
No. , 2020
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment
(Transparency in Carbon Emissions Accounting) Bill 2020
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
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No. , 2020
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment
(Transparency in Carbon Emissions Accounting) Bill 2020
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A Bill for an Act to amend the
National Greenhouse
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and Energy Reporting Act 2007
, and for related
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purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting
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Amendment (Transparency in Carbon Emissions Accounting) Act
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2020
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
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1 After paragraph 10(1)(aa)
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Insert:
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(ab)
scope 3 emission
of greenhouse gas;
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2 Subsection 10(3)
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After "scope 2 emissions,", insert "scope 3 emissions,".
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3 Paragraph 10(3)(b)
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After "scope 2 emissions,", insert "scope 3 emissions,".
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4 After paragraph 19(1)(a)
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Insert:
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(aa) scope 3 emissions; and
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5 After paragraph 19(1A)(a)
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Insert:
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(aa) scope 3 emissions; or
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6 After paragraph 19(3)(a)
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Insert:
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(aa) scope 3 emissions; and
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7 After paragraph 22G(1)(a)
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Insert:
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(aa) scope 3 emissions; and
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8 After paragraph 22G(1A)(a)
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Insert:
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(aa) scope 3 emissions; or
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9 After paragraph 22X(2)(a)
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Insert:
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(aa) scope 3 emissions; and
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10 After paragraph 22X(3)(a)
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Insert:
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(aa) scope 3 emissions; or
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11 Paragraphs 22XB(1)(c) and (d)
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After "covered emissions of greenhouse gases", insert "or scope 3
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emissions".
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12 Paragraphs 22XB(1)(e) and (f)
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After "covered emissions of greenhouse gases", insert "and scope 3
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emissions".
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13 Subparagraphs 22XC(1)(b)(i) and (ii)
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After "covered emissions of greenhouse gases", insert "and scope 3
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emissions".
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14 Section 24 (at the end of the heading)
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Add "
--general
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15 After paragraph 24(1)(b)
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Insert:
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(ba) totals of scope 3 emissions reported under Part 3 or 3F in
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relation to the corporation's group for the previous financial
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year;
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16 After paragraph 24(1A)(b)
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Insert:
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(ba) totals of scope 3 emissions for:
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(i) each member of the corporation's group; or
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(ii) each business unit in relation to the corporation's group;
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reported under Part 3 or 3F in relation to the corporation's
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group for the previous financial year; and
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17 After paragraph 24(1AD)(b)
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Insert:
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(ba) the scope 3 emissions (within the meaning of the regulations)
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set out in the report; and
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18 Subsection 24(1AF)
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After "greenhouse gas emitted,", insert "the amount of scope 3
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emissions,"
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19 Subsection 24(1AG)
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After "greenhouse gases emitted", insert ", and the amounts of scope 3
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emissions,"
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20 After section 24
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Insert:
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24A Publication of information--national greenhouse gas inventory
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(1) Within 3 months after the end of each quarter, the Regulator must
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cause to be given to the Minister a report on the estimates of
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Australia's national greenhouse gas inventory as at the end of the
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quarter.
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(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the report must include statistics
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relating to:
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(a) national emissions estimates for the quarter; and
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(b) national emissions estimates for the year ending at the end of
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the quarter; and
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(c) the estimates referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) broken
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down by sector.
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(3) The Minister must cause copies of the report to be tabled in each
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House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after
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the day on which the Minister receives the report.
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(4) In this section:
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quarter
means a period of 3 months commencing on 1 January,
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1 April, 1 July or 1 October of a year.
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21 Subsection 25(1)
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After "published", insert "under section 24".
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