Second Reading Speeches

Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Amendment (Administrative Changes) Bill 2023

Type
Government
Portfolio
Climate Change and Energy
Originating house
Senate
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012
in relation to: registration requirements for customised greenhouse and energy minimum standards (GEMS) products; deemed compliance; exemptions from requirements of GEMS determinations; specifying product classes in GEMS determinations; requirements in GEMS determinations which have labelling requirements but do not set minimum standards for energy use; certain arrangements and references to the GEMS Regulator; grandfathering of compliant products; powers of the GEMS Regulator to extend the time to pay application fees; and clarification that one of the objects of the Act is to facilitate the operation of the Intergovernmental Agreement for the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Legislative Scheme.

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