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Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989
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C2018C00030 C31
01 January 2018
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31 December 2019
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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
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Part II—Explanation of terms used in the Act
7 Definitions
8A Licence periods
8C ODS equipment
8D SGG equipment
9 Bulk scheduled substances and equipment
9A Quantities expressed in CO2e megatonnes
10 Quantities expressed in ODP tonnes
12 Recycling of scheduled substances
12A Feedstocks
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Part III—Licences
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Division 1—Scope of Part
12B Import or export of CFCs, HCFCs and SGGs for use on board ships or aircraft
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Division 2—Requirement to have licence
13 Unlicensed manufacture, import or export
13A Licences and what they allow
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Division 3—Grant of licence
14 Application for licence
15 Request for further information
16 Grant of licence
17 Deemed refusal of licence
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Division 4—Conditions on, and duration of, licence
18 Conditions of licences
19 Duration of licences
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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
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Division 6—Other changes to 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
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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 VI—Control of imports and exports
41 Montreal Protocol countries
44 Import of equipment containing scheduled substances from non-Montreal Protocol countries
45 Import of equipment manufactured using scheduled substances from non-Montreal Protocol countries
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Part VIA—Controls on disposal, use etc. of scheduled substances
45A Regulation of disposal, use etc. of scheduled substances
45B Discharge of scheduled substances
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Part VII—Reports and records
46 Periodic reports by manufacturers, importers and exporters of scheduled substances
48 Records to be kept by licensees
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Part VIII—Enforcement
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Division 1—Powers of inspectors
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Subdivision A—Inspectors
48A Meaning of inspector
49 Appointment of inspectors
49A Directions to inspectors
50 Identity cards
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Subdivision B—Monitoring powers
51 Searches to monitor compliance with Act etc.
51A Monitoring powers of inspectors
51B Persons assisting inspectors—monitoring powers
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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
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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
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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
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Subdivision F—Enforcement warrants
55E Enforcement warrants
55F Enforcement warrants by telephone, telex, fax etc.
55G Offences relating to warrants
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Subdivision G—Powers of magistrates
55H Powers of magistrates
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Division 2—Injunctions
56 Injunctions
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Division 3—Forfeiture of goods
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Subdivision A—Forfeitable goods
57 Forfeitable goods
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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
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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
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Subdivision D—General provisions
60E Forfeited goods become the property of the Commonwealth
61 Disposal of forfeited goods
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Division 4—Offences
62 False statements
63 Obstruction of inspectors etc.
64 Failure to answer questions etc.
65 Conduct by directors, employees and agents
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Division 5—Infringement notices
65AA Infringement notices
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Division 6—Ancillary contravention of civil penalty provisions
65AB Ancillary contravention of civil penalty provision
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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
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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
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Part IX—Miscellaneous
66 Review of decisions
66A Approved forms
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
69G Regulations concerning manufacture etc. of equipment containing scheduled substances
70 Regulations
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Schedule 1—Scheduled substances
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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
Part XII—Nitrogen trifluoride
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Schedule 4—Control of manufacture etc. of equipment containing or using scheduled substances
1 Dry cleaning machinery
2 Automotive air conditioning maintenance kits
4 Extruded polystyrene packaging and insulation
5 Aerosol equipment
6 Equipment containing halon
7 Rigid polyurethane foam equipment
8 Moulded flexible polyurethane foam
9 Disposable containers of refrigerants
10 Refrigeration and air conditioning equipment
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Endnote 5—Editorial changes