Clean Energy Regulator Regulations 2018

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 21 November 2018

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Melissa Price

Minister for the Environment

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Disclosure to certain agencies, bodies and persons

1  Name

  This instrument is the Clean Energy Regulator Regulations 2018.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

Act means the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011.

5  Disclosure to certain agencies, bodies and persons

Agencies and authorities of the Commonwealth

 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 49(1)(ub) of the Act, the following are prescribed:

 (a) the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation;

 (b) the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology;

 (c) Geoscience Australia;

 (d) the Murray‑Darling Basin Authority;

 (e) the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority;

 (f) Safe Work Australia;

 (g) the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee;

 (h) any other agency or authority of the Commonwealth that deals with:

 (i) fair trading or consumer protection; or

 (ii) health, safety or emergencies.

State/Territory government bodies

 (2) For the purposes of paragraph 49(1)(w) of the Act, the following are prescribed:

 (a) NSW Fair Trading;

 (b) that part of the Department of Justice of New South Wales known as the Office of Emergency Management;

 (c) Energy Safe Victoria;

 (d) that part of the Department for Energy and Mining of South Australia known as the Office of the Technical Regulator;

 (e) any other State/Territory government body that deals with:

 (i) fair trading or consumer protection; or

 (ii) health, safety or emergencies.

International climate change body

 (3) For the purposes of paragraph 49(1)(x) of the Act, the Secretariat established under Article 8 of the Climate Change Convention is prescribed.

Professional disciplinary body

 (4) For the purposes of paragraph 49(1)(y) of the Act, the Clean Energy Council Limited (ACN 127 102 443) is prescribed.