National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2021
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 24 June 2021
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Angus Taylor
Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Part 1—Main amendments
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008
Part 2—Application provisions
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008
This instrument is the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2021.
(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.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | 1 July 2021. | 1 July 2021 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
This instrument is made under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008
1 Regulation 1.03
Insert:
CO2‑e: see carbon dioxide equivalence.
2 Regulation 1.03 (at the end of the definition of coal mine waste gas)
Add:
; and (c) has not been injected into a natural gas transmission pipeline or natural gas distribution pipeline.
3 Regulation 1.03 (paragraph (e) of the definition of coal seam methane)
Omit “supply pipeline”, substitute “transmission pipeline or natural gas distribution pipeline”.
4 Regulation 1.03
Insert:
crude oil includes field condensates.
5 Regulation 1.03 (definition of crude oil condensates)
Repeal the definition.
6 Regulation 1.03
Insert:
field condensate means a mixture of lower molecular weight hydrocarbons that are recovered from an oil or gas field at surface separation facilities at or near the field.
liquefied natural gas means natural gas that is sourced from a process or vessel where the gas is in a liquid state because of pressure and low temperatures.
Note: Natural gas becomes a liquid when chilled to around ‑161 °C.
liquefied petroleum gas means:
(a) liquid propane; or
(b) liquid butane; or
(c) a liquid mixture of propane and butane; or
(d) a liquid mixture of propane and other hydrocarbons that consists mainly of propane; or
(e) a liquid mixture of butane and other hydrocarbons that consists mainly of butane; or
(f) a liquid mixture of propane, butane and other hydrocarbons that consists mainly of propane and butane.
7 Regulation 1.03
Repeal the following definitions:
(a) definition of liquid petroleum fuel;
(b) definition of LNG or liquefied natural gas;
(c) definition of LPG or liquefied petroleum gas.
8 Regulation 1.03 (paragraph (c) of the definition of natural gas)
Omit “methane; and”, substitute “methane.”.
9 Regulation 1.03 (paragraph (d) of the definition of natural gas)
Repeal the paragraph.
10 Regulation 1.03 (definition of natural gas liquids)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
natural gas liquids means liquefied hydrocarbons recovered from natural gas in separation facilities or processing plants, including any of the following:
(a) ethane;
(b) propane;
(c) butane (including normal and iso‑butane);
(d) pentane (including iso‑pentane and pentanes plus).
11 Regulation 1.03 (definition of natural gas supply pipeline)
Repeal the definition.
12 Regulation 1.03
Insert:
natural gas transmitted or distributed in a pipeline means natural gas that has been injected into a natural gas transmission pipeline or natural gas distribution pipeline.
plant condensate means liquid separated in a processing plant from a gaseous hydrocarbon stream by condensation, other than liquefied petroleum gas.
13 Regulation 1.03 (paragraph (d) of the definition of unprocessed natural gas)
Omit “supply pipeline”, substitute “transmission pipeline or natural gas distribution pipeline”.
14 Subregulation 4.10(1)
Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.
15 Paragraph 4.10(3)(c)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(c) the matters set out in each item that:
(i) is an item of a table for the source in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and
(ii) covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and
16 Subregulation 4.11(1)
Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.
17 Paragraph 4.11(2)(c)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(c) the matters set out in each item that:
(i) is an item of a table for the source in Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and
(ii) covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and
18 Subregulation 4.13(1)
Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.
19 Paragraph 4.13(2)(d)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(d) the matters set out in each item that:
(i) is an item of a table for the source in Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and
(ii) covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and
20 Subregulation 4.14(1)
Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.
21 Paragraph 4.14(2)(d)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(d) the matters set out in each item that:
(i) is an item of a table for the source in Part 4 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and
(ii) covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and
22 Subregulation 4.14(3)
Repeal the subregulation.
23 Subregulation 4.15(1)
Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.
24 Paragraph 4.15(2)(d)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(d) the matters set out in each item that:
(i) is an item of a table for the source in Part 5 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and
(ii) covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and
25 Subregulation 4.17(1)
Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.
26 Paragraph 4.17(2)(d)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(d) the matters set out in each item that:
(i) is an item of a table for the source in Part 6 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and
(ii) covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and
27 Schedule 1A
Repeal the Schedule.
28 Schedule 1 (table item 17)
After “Natural gas”, insert “transmitted or”.
29 Schedule 1 (table items 33 and 34)
Repeal the items, substitute:
33 | Crude oil | Nomination required |
34 | Plant condensate and other natural gas liquids not covered by another item in this table | Nomination required |
30 Schedule 3
Repeal the Schedule.
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008
31 In the appropriate position in Part 7
Insert:
The amendments of these Regulations made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2021 apply in relation to a report under Part 3, 3E, 3F or 3G of the Act for:
(a) the financial year beginning on 1 July 2021; and
(b) each later financial year.