New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 97HF

97HF Annual report by Tribunal

(1) The Tribunal must prepare and forward to the Minister a report on the extent to which benchmark participants have complied, or failed to comply, with greenhouse gas benchmarks during a compliance period.

(1A) If the report relates to a compliance period other than the final compliance period, it is to be forwarded to the Minister as soon as practicable after 1 March (but on or before 31 July) in the following year.

(1B) If the report relates to the final compliance period, it is to be forwarded to the Minister as soon as practicable after the day occurring 3 months after the termination day (but on or before the day occurring 7 months after the termination day).

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the report is to contain the following--

(a) the identity of each benchmark participant and the performance of the participant in relation to the participant's greenhouse gas benchmark,

(b) the total number of abatement certificates surrendered in each category of certificate.

(3) The report must also set out the functions delegated by the Tribunal under section 97H (3) and the person or body to whom they were delegated.

(4) The Minister must lay the report or cause it to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after receiving the report.