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Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989
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C2023C00125 (C34)
13 June 2023
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13 October 2024
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Objectives
3A Simplified outline of this Act
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
6B Contravening an offence provision or a civil penalty provision
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Part II—Explanation of terms used in the Act
7AA Simplified outline of this Part
7 Definitions
8A Licence periods
9 References to scheduled substances and equipment
9AA Used substances
9A Quantities expressed in CO2e megatonnes
10 Quantities expressed in ODP tonnes
12 Recycling of scheduled substances
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Part III—Licences
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Division 1—Preliminary
12A Simplified outline of this Part
12B Import or export of CFCs, halons, HCFCs, HFCs and PFCs for use on board ships or aircraft
Division 2—Requirement to have licence
13 Prohibition—unlicensed manufacture of scheduled substance or equipment
13AA Prohibition—unlicensed import of scheduled substance or equipment
13AB Prohibition—unlicensed export of scheduled substance or equipment
13AC Penalties for unlicensed manufacture, import or export of scheduled substances or equipment
13A Licences and what they allow
13B Fit and proper person considerations
Division 3—Grant of licence
14 Application for licence
15 Request for further information
16 Grant of licence
17 Deemed refusal of licence
Division 4—Conditions on, and duration of, licence
18 Conditions of licences
19 Duration of licences
Division 5—Renewing licences
19AA Application for renewal of licence
19AB Request for further information
19AC Decision on application
19AD Deemed refusal of renewal
19AE Deemed application for new licence
Division 6—Other changes to licences
19A Termination of licences
19B Transfer of licences
19C Amendment of licence at request of licensee
19D Suspension of licence
20 Cancellation of licence
21 Surrender of licence
Division 7—Other provisions
22 Publication of information regarding licences etc.
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Part IV—HCFC quotas
22A Simplified outline of this Part
23 Meaning of licence and licensee
23A HCFC quota periods
24 How to work out HCFC industry limits
25 How to work out reserve HCFC quota limits
25A Regulated HCFC activities
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
35A Direction to export HCFCs if quota exceeded
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Part IVA—HFC quotas
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Division 1—Outline of this Part
36 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—HFC quotas
36A HFC industry limit
36B Regulated HFC activities
36C Applications, allocation and size of HFC quotas
36D Duration of HFC quotas
36E Quotas cease when licences cease
36F Transfer of quotas
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Division 3—Reserve HFC quotas
36G Reserve HFC quotas
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Division 4—Other provisions
36H Direction to export HFCs if quota exceeded
36J Basis on which quotas are allocated
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Part VIA—Controls on disposal, use etc. of scheduled substances
45AA Simplified outline of this Part
45A Regulation of disposal, use etc. of scheduled substances
45B Discharge of scheduled substances
45C Use of HCFC
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Part VII—Reports and records
46AA Simplified outline of this Part
46 Periodic reports in relation to scheduled substances
48 Records to be kept by licensees
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Part VIII—Enforcement
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Division 1—Preliminary
48A Simplified outline of this Part
49 Appointment of inspectors
49A Directions to inspectors
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Division 2—Monitoring powers
50 Monitoring powers
51 Modifications of Part 2 of the Regulatory Powers Act
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Division 2A—Investigation powers
52 Investigation powers
53 Modifications of Part 3 of the Regulatory Powers Act
54 Directions about dealing with pressurised containers
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Division 3—Forfeiture of goods
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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—Civil penalties
62 Civil penalty provisions
Division 5—Infringement notices
63 Infringement notices
Division 6—Enforceable undertakings
64 Enforceable undertakings
Division 7—Injunctions
64A Injunctions
Division 8—Notices to produce
64B Secretary may require person to provide information etc.
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Part VIIIA—Ozone Protection and SGG Account
65 Simplified outline of this Part
65A Definitions
65B Ozone Protection and SGG Account
65C Amounts to be credited to the Account
65D Purposes of the Account
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Part VIIIB—Information sharing
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Division 1—Outline of this Part
65E Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Authorised uses and disclosures by Minister
65F Disclosure of relevant information to Commonwealth entities
65G Disclosure of relevant information to State or Territory government body
65H Disclosure for the purposes of law enforcement
65J Use or disclosure to reduce serious risk to human health
65K Use or disclosure to reduce serious risk to the environment
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Division 3—Authorised uses and disclosures by entrusted persons
65L Use or disclosure for the purposes of an Act
65M Publicly available information
65N Person to whom information relates
65P Use or disclosure with consent
65Q Person who provided information
65R Summaries or statistics
65S Disclosure to a court, tribunal etc.
65T Use for the purposes of disclosure
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Division 4—Offences
65U Unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information—entrusted person
65V Unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information—official of Commonwealth entity
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Part VIIIC—Review of decisions
65W Simplified outline of this Part
65X Reviewable decisions
65Y Notification of reviewable decisions etc.
65Z Reconsideration of reviewable decisions—application for reconsideration
65ZA Reconsideration of reviewable decisions—conducting the reconsideration
65ZB Reconsideration of reviewable decisions—reconsideration decision
65ZC Review of decisions by Administrative Appeals Tribunal
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Part IX—Miscellaneous
66 Simplified outline of this Part
66A Approved forms
67A Delegation by the Minister
67AA Delegation by the Secretary
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 Constitutional basis of this Act
69BA Additional operation of this Act
69C Jurisdiction of State courts
69D Jurisdiction of Territory courts
69E Compensation for acquisition of property
70 Regulations
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Schedule 1—Scheduled substances
1 CFCs
2 Halons
3 Carbon tetrachloride
4 Methyl chloroform
5 HCFCs
6 HBFCs
7 Methyl bromide
8 Bromochloromethane
9 HFCs
10 PFCs
11 Sulfur hexafluoride
12 Nitrogen trifluoride
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history