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These regulations amend the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008, updating definitions to ensure that they continue to support greenhouse gas reporting and simplifying interpretation by relocating certain technical matters from the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008 to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008 through contemporaneous amendments made by the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Amendment (2021 Update) Determination 2021.
Administered by: Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
Registered 25 Jun 2021
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR03-Aug-2021
Tabled Senate03-Aug-2021
Date of repeal 19 Oct 2021
Repealed by Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2021

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 24 June 2021

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Angus Taylor

Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction

 

  

  


Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

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

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                                          2

Part 1—Main amendments                                                                                                                   2

National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008                                                 2

Part 2—Application provisions                                                                                                           6

National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008                                                 6

 


1  Name

                   This instrument is the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2021.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this instrument 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 instrument

1 July 2021.

1 July 2021

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007.

4  Schedules

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

Schedule 1Amendments

Part 1Main amendments

National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008

1  Regulation 1.03

Insert:

CO2‑e: see carbon dioxide equivalence.

2  Regulation 1.03 (at the end of the definition of coal mine waste gas)

Add:

             ; and (c)  has not been injected into a natural gas transmission pipeline or natural gas distribution pipeline.

3  Regulation 1.03 (paragraph (e) of the definition of coal seam methane)

Omit “supply pipeline”, substitute “transmission pipeline or natural gas distribution pipeline”.

4  Regulation 1.03

Insert:

crude oil includes field condensates.

5  Regulation 1.03 (definition of crude oil condensates)

Repeal the definition.

6  Regulation 1.03

Insert:

field condensate means a mixture of lower molecular weight hydrocarbons that are recovered from an oil or gas field at surface separation facilities at or near the field.

liquefied natural gas means natural gas that is sourced from a process or vessel where the gas is in a liquid state because of pressure and low temperatures.

Note:          Natural gas becomes a liquid when chilled to around ‑161 °C.

liquefied petroleum gas means:

                     (a)  liquid propane; or

                     (b)  liquid butane; or

                     (c)  a liquid mixture of propane and butane; or

                     (d)  a liquid mixture of propane and other hydrocarbons that consists mainly of propane; or

                     (e)  a liquid mixture of butane and other hydrocarbons that consists mainly of butane; or

                      (f)  a liquid mixture of propane, butane and other hydrocarbons that consists mainly of propane and butane.

7  Regulation 1.03

Repeal the following definitions:

                     (a)  definition of liquid petroleum fuel;

                     (b)  definition of LNG or liquefied natural gas;

                     (c)  definition of LPG or liquefied petroleum gas.

8  Regulation 1.03 (paragraph (c) of the definition of natural gas)

Omit “methane; and”, substitute “methane.”.

9  Regulation 1.03 (paragraph (d) of the definition of natural gas)

Repeal the paragraph.

10  Regulation 1.03 (definition of natural gas liquids)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

natural gas liquids means liquefied hydrocarbons recovered from natural gas in separation facilities or processing plants, including any of the following:

                     (a)  ethane;

                     (b)  propane;

                     (c)  butane (including normal and iso‑butane);

                     (d)  pentane (including iso‑pentane and pentanes plus).

11  Regulation 1.03 (definition of natural gas supply pipeline)

Repeal the definition.

12  Regulation 1.03

Insert:

natural gas transmitted or distributed in a pipeline means natural gas that has been injected into a natural gas transmission pipeline or natural gas distribution pipeline.

plant condensate means liquid separated in a processing plant from a gaseous hydrocarbon stream by condensation, other than liquefied petroleum gas.

13  Regulation 1.03 (paragraph (d) of the definition of unprocessed natural gas)

Omit “supply pipeline”, substitute “transmission pipeline or natural gas distribution pipeline”.

14  Subregulation 4.10(1)

Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.

15  Paragraph 4.10(3)(c)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (c)  the matters set out in each item that:

                              (i)  is an item of a table for the source in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and

                             (ii)  covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and

16  Subregulation 4.11(1)

Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.

17  Paragraph 4.11(2)(c)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (c)  the matters set out in each item that:

                              (i)  is an item of a table for the source in Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and

                             (ii)  covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and

18  Subregulation 4.13(1)

Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.

19  Paragraph 4.13(2)(d)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (d)  the matters set out in each item that:

                              (i)  is an item of a table for the source in Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and

                             (ii)  covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and

20  Subregulation 4.14(1)

Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.

21  Paragraph 4.14(2)(d)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (d)  the matters set out in each item that:

                              (i)  is an item of a table for the source in Part 4 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and

                             (ii)  covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and

22  Subregulation 4.14(3)

Repeal the subregulation.

23  Subregulation 4.15(1)

Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.

24  Paragraph 4.15(2)(d)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (d)  the matters set out in each item that:

                              (i)  is an item of a table for the source in Part 5 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and

                             (ii)  covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and

25  Subregulation 4.17(1)

Omit “Schedule 3”, substitute “Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination”.

26  Paragraph 4.17(2)(d)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (d)  the matters set out in each item that:

                              (i)  is an item of a table for the source in Part 6 of Schedule 4 to the Measurement Determination; and

                             (ii)  covers a method used to estimate the emissions from the source; and

27  Schedule 1A

Repeal the Schedule.

28  Schedule 1 (table item 17)

After “Natural gas”, insert “transmitted or”.

29  Schedule 1 (table items 33 and 34)

Repeal the items, substitute:

 

33

Crude oil

Nomination required

34

Plant condensate and other natural gas liquids not covered by another item in this table

Nomination required

 

30  Schedule 3

Repeal the Schedule.

Part 2Application provisions

National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008

31  In the appropriate position in Part 7

Insert:

Division 7.6Application provisions relating to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2021

7.17  Application

                   The amendments of these Regulations made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2021 apply in relation to a report under Part 3, 3E, 3F or 3G of the Act for:

                     (a)  the financial year beginning on 1 July 2021; and

                     (b)  each later financial year.