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A Bill for an Act to amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 in connection with food processing activities
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Registered 18 Sep 2009
Introduced Senate 17 Sep 2009

2008‑2009

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renewable Energy (Food Processing Activities) Amendment Bill 2009

 

No.      , 2009

 

(Senator Boswell)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 in connection with food processing activities

  

  


Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000              3


A Bill for an Act to amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 in connection with food processing activities

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Renewable Energy (Food Processing Activities) Amendment Act 2009.

2  Commencement

                   This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3  Schedule(s)

                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendment of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

1  Section 38B

Omit “The”, substitute “(1) Subject to subsection (2), the”.

2  At the end of section 38B

Add:

             (2)  The regulations must determine a food processing activity, to the extent that it is trade‑exposed, to be an emissions‑intensive trade‑exposed activity. The partial exemption of an emissions‑intensive trade‑exposed food processing activity for 2010 and any later year is to be calculated to be equal to 90% of the additional renewable source electricity acquisition obligation of the activity during the relevant year.

             (3)  In subsection (2):

additional renewable source electricity acquisition obligation means the amount of renewable source electricity that the activity is required to acquire under this Act after the commencement of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2009 in addition to the amount of renewable source electricity that the activity was required to acquire under this Act before the commencement of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2009.