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Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989

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Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

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C2015C00205

14 April 2015 - 04 March 2016

Table of contents

Part I—Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Objectives
- 4 Saving of certain State and Territory laws
- 5 Act to bind the Crown
- 6 Extension to external Territories
- 6A Application of the Criminal Code
Part II—Explanation of terms used in the Act
- 7 Definitions
- 8 Quota periods
- 8A Licence periods
- 8B HCFC quotas and reserve HCFC quotas
- 8C ODS equipment
- 8D SGG equipment
- 9 Scheduled substances (other than SGGs) in manufactured products
- 10 Quantities expressed in ODP tonnes
- 12 Recycling of scheduled substances
- 12A Feedstocks
Part III—Licences
- 12B Part does not apply to import or export of CFCs, HCFCs and SGGs for use on board ships or aircraft
- 13 Unlicensed manufacture, import or export
- 13A Licences and what they allow
- 14 Application for licence
- 15 Request for further information
- 16 Grant of licence
- 17 Deemed refusal of licence
- 18 Conditions of licences
- 19 Duration of licences
- 19A Termination of licences
- 19B Transfer of licences
- 19C Amendment of licence at request of licensee
- 20 Cancellation of licence
- 21 Surrender of licence
- 22 Publication of information regarding licences etc.
Part IV—HCFC quotas
- 23 Meaning of licence and licensee
- 24 How to work out HCFC industry limits
- 25 How to work out reserve HCFC quota limits
- 26 Start of first HCFC quota period
- 27 Application for quota
- 28 Allocation of quota
- 29 Limits on power to allocate reserve HCFC quotas
- 30 Duration of quotas
- 31 HCFC quota sizes
- 32 Reserve HCFC quota sizes
- 33 Reserve HCFC quotas: variation or revocation
- 34 Quotas cease when licences cease
- 35 Transfer of quotas
Part V—Control of manufacture etc. of products containing or using scheduled substances
- 37 Persons to whom this Part applies, activities to which this Part applies
- 38 Manufacture and import of products in contravention of Schedule 4
- 39 Regulations concerning manufacture etc. of scheduled substances
- 40 Exemptions
Part VI—Control of imports and exports
- 41 Montreal Protocol countries
- 44 Import of products containing scheduled substances from non Montreal Protocol countries
- 45 Import of products manufactured using scheduled substances from non Montreal Protocol countries
Part VIA—Controls on disposal, use etc. of scheduled substances
- 45A Regulation of disposal, use etc. of scheduled substances
- 45B Discharge of scheduled substances
Part VII—Reports and records
- 46 Quarterly reports by manufacturers, importers and exporters of scheduled substances (other than SGGs and substances in ODS equipment or SGG equipment)
- 46A Quarterly reports by manufacturers, importers and exporters of SGGs, ODS equipment or SGG equipment
- 48 Records to be kept by licensees
Part VIII—Enforcement
- Division 1—Powers of inspectors
  - Subdivision A—Inspectors
  - 48A Meaning of inspector
  - 49 Appointment of inspectors
  - 49A Directions to inspectors
  - 50 Identity cards
  - Subdivision B—Monitoring powers
  - 51 Searches to monitor compliance with Act etc.
  - 51A Monitoring powers of inspectors
  - 51B Persons assisting inspectors—monitoring powers
  - Subdivision C—Enforcement powers
  - 52 Inspector may enter premises with consent or under enforcement warrant
  - 53 Enforcement powers of inspectors
  - 53A Persons assisting inspectors—enforcement powers
  - 53B Announcement before entry under warrant
  - 53C Details of warrant etc. to be given to occupier
  - Subdivision D—General provisions relating to seizure etc.
  - 53D Receipts for seized things and seizure notice
  - 53E Copies of seized things to be provided
  - 53F Inspection of seized books, records or documents
  - 53G Return of seized things
  - 53H Magistrate may permit seized things to be retained
  - 53J Powers to take samples and conduct tests
  - 53K Directions about how pressurised container is to be dealt with
  - 53L Disposal of goods if person cannot be located
  - Subdivision E—Obligations and incidental powers of inspectors
  - 53M Consent
  - 54 Power to require information etc.
  - 55 Inspection of books, records or documents removed by, or produced to, inspectors
  - 55A Return of books, records or documents removed by, or produced to, inspectors
  - 55B Magistrate may permit books, records or documents to be retained
  - 55C Securing electronic equipment for use by experts
  - 55D Compensation for damage to electronic equipment
  - Subdivision F—Enforcement warrants
  - 55E Enforcement warrants
  - 55F Enforcement warrants by telephone, telex, fax etc.
  - 55G Offences relating to warrants
  - Subdivision G—Powers of magistrates
  - 55H Powers of magistrates
- Division 2—Injunctions
- 56 Injunctions
- Division 3—Forfeiture of goods
- Subdivision A—Forfeitable goods
- 57 Forfeitable goods
- Subdivision B—Forfeiture following conviction or making of civil penalty order
- 58 Goods forfeited to Commonwealth
- 59 Power to seize forfeited goods
- 60 Persons not to move etc. seized goods
- Subdivision C—Forfeiture of seized goods
- 60A Forfeiture notices
- 60B Claims that seized goods are not forfeitable goods
- 60C Forfeiture of seized goods to the Commonwealth
- 60D Right of compensation in certain circumstances
- Subdivision D—General provisions
- 60E Forfeited goods become the property of the Commonwealth
- 61 Disposal of forfeited goods
- Division 4—Offences
- 62 False statements
- 63 Obstruction of inspectors etc.
- 64 Failure to answer questions etc.
- 65 Conduct by directors, employees and agents
- Division 5—Infringement notices
- 65AA Infringement notices
- Division 6—Ancillary contravention of civil penalty provisions
- 65AB Ancillary contravention of civil penalty provision
- Division 7—Civil penalty orders
- 65AC Civil penalty orders
- 65AD Who may apply for a civil penalty order
- 65AE Two or more proceedings may be heard together
- 65AF Time limit for application for an order
- 65AG Civil evidence and procedure rules for civil penalty orders
- 65AH Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings
- 65AI Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings
- 65AJ Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings
- 65AK Evidence given in proceedings for a civil penalty order not admissible in criminal proceedings
- 65AL Mistake of fact
- 65AM State of mind
Part VIIIA—Ozone Protection and SGG Account
- 65A Definitions
- 65B Ozone Protection and SGG Account
- 65C Amounts to be credited to the Account
- 65D Purposes of the Account
Part IX—Miscellaneous
- 66 Review of decisions
- 67 Statements to accompany notification of decisions
- 67A Delegation
- 67B Disclosure of information to the Clean Energy Regulator
- 68 Annual report
- 69 Collection of licence levies
- 69A Implementation of Montreal Protocol—supplementary regulations
- 69B Severability
- 69C Jurisdiction of State courts
- 69D Jurisdiction of Territory courts
- 69E Compensation for acquisition of property
- 69F Arrangements with States and Territories—magistrates
- 70 Regulations
Schedule 1—Scheduled substances
- Part I
  - Division 1—Stage 1 CFCs
  - Division 2—Stage 2 CFCs
- Part II—Halons
- Part III—Carbon tetrachloride
- Part IV—Methyl chloroform
- Part V—HCFCs
- Part VI—HBFCs
- Part VII—Methyl bromide
- Part VIII—Bromochloromethane
- Part IX—HFCs
- Part X—PFCs
- Part XI—Sulfur hexafluoride
Schedule 2—Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
Schedule 3—Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Schedule 3A—Adjustments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of 16 September 1987
Schedule 3B—Adjustments to Annexes A, B and E of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of 16 September 1987
Schedule 3C—Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of 16 September 1987
Schedule 3D—Beijing amendment to the Montreal Protocol
Schedule 3E—Framework Convention on Climate Change
Schedule 4—Control of manufacture etc. of products containing or using scheduled substances
- 1 Dry cleaning machinery
- 2 Automotive air conditioning maintenance kits
- 4 Extruded polystyrene packaging and insulation
- 5 Aerosol products
- 6 Products containing halon
- 7 Rigid polyurethane foam product
- 8 Moulded flexible polyurethane foam
- 9 Disposable containers of refrigerants
- 10 Refrigeration and air conditioning equipment
- Endnotes