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NATIONAL GREENHOUSE AND ENERGY REPORTING ACT 2007 (NO. 175, 2007)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1--INTRODUCTION
Division 1--Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Object
4. Constitutional basis for Act
5. Act excludes some State and Territory laws
6. Application to external Territories, Exclusive Economic Zone and innocent passage
Division 2--Interpretation
7. Definitions
8. Group and members of a group
9. Facilities
10. Emissions, energy production and energy consumption etc.
11. Operational control
PART 2--REGISTRATION
Division 1--Applying for registration
12. Obligation to apply to register
13. Thresholds
14. Applying to register in relation to greenhouse gas project
15. Requirements for applications
Division 2--The Register
16. The Register
Division 3--Registration and deregistration of corporations
17. Registration of corporations
18. Deregistration of corporations
PART 3--OBLIGATIONS OF REGISTERED CORPORATIONS ETC
19. Report to be given to Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer
20. Liability of other persons to provide certain information
21. Reports relating to greenhouse gas projects
22. Records to be kept
PART 4--DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
23. Secrecy
24. Publishing of information
25. Requests for information not to be published
26. Information may be disclosed to specified persons or bodies
27. Information may be disclosed to States and Territories
28. Corporation may request information be disclosed
PART 5--ENFORCEMENT
Division 1--Civil penalties
Subdivision A--Civil penalty orders
29. Civil penalty provisions
30. Continuing contraventions
31. Court may order person to pay pecuniary penalty for contravening civil penalty provision
32. Contravening a civil penalty provision is not an offence
33. Persons involved in contravening civil penalty provision
34. Recovery of a pecuniary penalty
Subdivision B--Civil penalty proceedings and criminal proceedings
35. Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings
36. Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings
37. Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings
38. Evidence given in proceedings for penalty not admissible in criminal proceedings
Division 2--Infringement notices
39. When an infringement notice can be given
40. Matters to be included in an infringement notice
41. Amount of penalty
42. Withdrawal of an infringement notice
43. Paying the penalty in accordance with the notice
44. Effect of this Division on civil proceedings
Division 3--Enforceable undertakings
45. Acceptance of undertakings relating to contraventions
46. Enforcement of undertakings
Division 4--Liability of chief executive officers of corporations
47. Civil penalties for chief executive officers of corporations
48. Did a chief executive officer take reasonable steps to prevent contravention?
PART 6--ADMINISTRATION
Division 1--The Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer
49. Establishment
50. Functions
51. Appointment
52. Staff
53. Delegation
Division 2--Decisions by Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer
54. Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer may declare facility
55. Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer may declare corporation etc. has operational control
Division 3--Review of decisions
56. AAT review of decisions
Division 4--Monitoring compliance
Subdivision A--Authorised officers
57. Appointment of authorised officers
58. Identity cards
Subdivision B--Powers of authorised officers
59. Entering premises to monitor compliance
60. Powers of authorised officers in monitoring compliance
61. Authorised officer may request persons to answer questions
Subdivision C--Obligations and incidental powers of authorised officers
62. Authorised officer must produce identity card on request
63. Consent
64. Announcement before entry
65. Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc. before entry
66. Use of electronic equipment in exercising monitoring powers
67. Compensation for damage to electronic equipment
Subdivision D--Occupier's rights and responsibilities
68. Occupier entitled to be present during execution of warrant
69. Occupier to provide authorised officer with all facilities and assistance
Subdivision E--Warrants
70. Monitoring warrants
Subdivision F--Information gathering
71. Power to request information
72. Prohibitions on disclosure of information do not apply
Subdivision G--External audits
73. External audits--compliance
74. External audits--other
75. Requirements for external auditors
PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS
76. Modification of National Environment Protection (National Pollutant Inventory) Measure
77. Regulations
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