A Bill for an Act to amend the Climate Change Authority Act 2011, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act is the Climate Change Authority Amendment (Impact of 3 Degrees of Global Warming on Australia) Act 2019.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this Act | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 1—Amendments
Climate Change Authority Act 2011
1 After section 59
Insert:
59A Special review about the impact of 3 degrees of global warming
(1) The Authority must conduct a review under this section of the impacts on Australian society, the Australian economy and the Australian environment that would result from 3 degrees of global warming.
Note: Australia’s 2030 climate change target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28% on 2005 levels by 2030is consistent with at least 3 degrees of global warming.
(2) The Authority must:
(a) prepare a report of a review under subsection(1); and
(b) give the report to the Minister before 1 July 2020; and
(c) publish the report on the Authority’s website on the day the report is provided to the Minister.
(3) The Minister must cause copies of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after receiving the report.
Recommendations
(4) The report may set out recommendations to the Commonwealth Government.
(5) In formulating a recommendation that the Commonwealth Government should take particular action, the Authority must analyse the costs and benefits of that action.
(6) Subsection (5) does not prevent the Authority from taking other matters into account in formulating a recommendation.
(7) If a report sets out one or more recommendations to the Commonwealth Government, the report must set out the Authority’s reasons for those recommendations.
Government response to recommendations
(8) If a report sets out one or more recommendations to the Commonwealth Government:
(a) as soon as practicable after receiving the report, the Minister must cause to be prepared a statement setting out the Commonwealth Government’s response to each of the recommendations; and
(b) within 6 months after receiving the report, the Minister must cause copies of the statement to be tabled in each House of the Parliament.
(9) The Commonwealth Government’s response to the recommendations may have regard to the views of the following:
(a) the Authority;
(b) such other persons as the Minister considers relevant.