Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsNote: A number of expressions used in these Regulations are defined in the Act, including 100 - year global warming potential.
In these Regulations:
"ABN" (short for Australian Business Number) has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 .
"Act" means the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 .
"base period" for an HFC quota allocation period has the meaning given by regulation 46.
"covers" : an SGG licence covers a period if the licence is in force for the whole of the period.
Note: For when a licence is in force, see section 19 of the Act.
"extinguishing agent" has the meaning given by regulation 301.
"fire protection equipment" has the meaning given by regulation 301.
"first HFC quota allocation period" means the HFC quota allocation period mentioned in subregulation 41(2).
Note: The first HFC quota allocation period starts on 1 January 2018.
"grandfathered percentage" for an HFC quota allocation period has the meaning given by regulation 46.
"grandfathered quota" means an amount to which a person is entitled under regulation 48, 49 or 50 (as affected by Subdivision 4A.3.5).
"GWP extinguishing agent" has the meaning given by subregulation 2AAB(5).
Note: GWP is short for 100 - year global warming potential.
"GWP refrigerant" has the meaning given by subregulation 2AAA(5).
"HFC quota allocation period" has the meaning given by regulation 41.
"licensed regulated HCFC activity" means a regulated HCFC activity engaged in under a controlled substances licence.
"licensed regulated HFC activity" means a regulated HFC activity engaged in under an SGG licence.
"maximum grandfathered quota" has the meaning given by subregulation 58(4).
"medical device" has the meaning given by the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 .
"medicine" has the meaning given by the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 .
"multi-head small SGG air conditioning equipment" means SGG equipment that:
(a) is the outdoor unit of a multi - head split system air conditioning system (whether or not the air conditioning system is a variable refrigerant flow system); and
(b) contains, or uses in its operation, an HFC that has a global warming potential of more than 750; and
(c) is designed to be used primarily to cool or heat (or both) for human comfort a stationary space; and
(d) has, or will have when charged, a standard refrigerant charge of 2.6 kilogram or less.
"non-grandfathered percentage" for an HFC quota allocation period has the meaning given by regulation 46.
"non-grandfathered quota" means an amount to which a person is entitled under regulation 51.
"prohibited extinguishing agent charging" has the meaning given by subregulation 2AAB(3).
"prohibited refrigerant charging" has the meaning given by subregulation 2AAA(3).
"quarter" means a period of 3 months commencing on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October.
"replacement part" does not include a complete, or substantially complete, indoor or outdoor unit of a split system air conditioning unit.
"sampled" , for a scheduled substance, has the meaning given by subregulation 400(3).
"second HFC quota allocation period" means the HFC quota allocation period starting on 1 January 2020.
"small SGG air conditioning equipment" means SGG equipment that:
(a) is any of the following:
(i) the outdoor unit of a single head split system air conditioning system;
(ii) a portable air conditioning system;
(iii) an air conditioning system that consists of a single unit designed to be mounted on a wall or window; and
(b) contains, or uses in its operation, an HFC that has a global warming potential of more than 750; and
(c) is designed to be used primarily to cool or heat (or both) for human comfort a stationary space; and
(d) has, or will have when charged, a standard refrigerant charge of 2.6 kilogram or less; and
(e) is not multi - head small SGG air conditioning equipment.
"veterinary device" means an instrument, apparatus, material or other article (whether used alone or in combination, and including the software necessary for its proper application) that:
(a) is used for animals:
(i) to diagnose, prevent, monitor, treat or alleviate a disease, condition or infestation of the animal by a pest; or
(ii) to test susceptibility to a disease; or
(iii) to diagnose, monitor, treat, alleviate or compensate for an injury or disability; or
(iv) to investigate, replace or modify the anatomy or a physiological process; or
(v) to control conception; or
(vi) to test for pregnancy; and
(b) does not achieve its principal intended action in or on the animal by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, but that may be assisted in its function by those means.
"veterinary medicine" means a veterinary chemical product as defined in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 .