Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EMISSIONS UNITS ACT 2011 - SECT 9

  (1)   The register:

  (a)   known as the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units; and

  (b)   that was in existence under the executive power of the Commonwealth immediately before the commencement of this section;

continues in existence as a register under this Act under the name Australian National Registry of Emissions Units.

  (2)   The Registry is to be kept by the Regulator.

Note:   In this Act, Registry means the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units--see section   4.

  (3)   The Registry is to be maintained by electronic means.

  (4)   The purposes of the Registry are as follows:

  (a)   to be a registry for:

  (i)   Australian carbon credit units; and

  (ii)   safeguard mechanism credit units;

  (b)   to be Australia's national registry for Kyoto units.