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NATIONAL GREENHOUSE AND ENERGY REPORTING ACT 2007 - SECT 55A

Regulator may declare non - group entity has operational control

  (1)   The Regulator may declare that a non - group entity has operational control of a facility:

  (a)   on application by the non - group entity; or

  (b)   on the Regulator's own initiative.

  (2)   An application must:

  (a)   identify the facility for which a declaration of operational control is sought; and

  (b)   include any other information required by the regulations; and

  (c)   be given in a manner and form approved by the Regulator.

  (3)   In considering making a declaration that a non - group entity has operational control of a facility, the Regulator must have regard to the matters dealt with in paragraph   11(1)(a) and regulations made for the purposes of that paragraph.

  (4)   The Regulator must not declare that a non - group entity has operational control of a facility unless the Regulator is satisfied that the non - group entity has substantial authority to introduce and implement either or both of the following for the facility:

  (a)   operating policies;

  (b)   environmental policies.

  (5)   The Regulator must notify, in writing, an applicant under paragraph   (1)(a) of a decision under subsection   (1) to declare the non - group entity to have operational control of the facility or to refuse the application.

  (6)   If the Regulator makes a declaration under paragraph   (1)(b), the Regulator must notify, in writing, the non - group entity which the Regulator has declared to have operational control of the facility to which the declaration relates.


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