Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered RegulationsIn these Regulations:
"ABN" has the meaning given by section 41 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 .
"ACN" has the meaning given by section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 .
"Act" means the Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010 .
"ARBN" has the meaning given by section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 .
"base building rating" has the meaning given by the NABERS Energy rating rules.
"Commercial Building Disclosure Program Module" means a course designed to provide competency in understanding and applying the provisions of the Act, these Regulations, and legislative instruments under the Act that relate to an accredited assessor's responsibilities.
"GreenPower program" means the program known as the National GreenPower Accreditation Program, which is a joint initiative of agencies of the governments of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.
"hours of occupancy" , for a building or an area of a building, has the same meaning as in the NABERS Energy rating rules.
"NABERS Energy rating rules" means the document Rules for collecting and using data: NABERS Energy and Water for offices , dated 1 July 2010 and published by the NSW Environment Department, as in force from time to time.
Note The document titled Rules for collecting and using data: NABERS Energy and Water for offices is available from the NSW Environment Department's website at http://www.nabers.com.au .
"National Australian Built Environment Rating System , or NABERS" , means a performance-based rating system, managed by the NSW Environment Department, that measures existing buildings' environmental performance during operation.
"net lettable area , for a building or an area of a building, has the same meaning as in the document Method of Measurement for Lettable Area" , dated March 1997, published by the Property Council of Australia Limited, as in force at the commencement of these Regulations.
Note The document titled Method of Measurement for Lettable Area is available from the Property Council of Australia Limited's website at http://www.propertyoz.com.au .
"NSW Environment Department" means the Department of State of New South Wales that administers the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 (NSW).
"rated areas" has the meaning given by the NABERS Energy rating rules.
"rating period" has the meaning given by the NABERS Energy rating rules.
"whole building rating" has the meaning given by the NABERS Energy rating rules.
Note Several other words and expressions used in these Regulations have the meaning they have in the Act, for example:
* building energy efficiency certificate
* energy efficiency disclosure obligation
* issuing authority
* transition period.