House of Representatives
Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011
Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the Hon Greg Combet AM MP)Glossary
The following abbreviations and acronyms are used throughout this explanatory memorandum.
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| ACCU | Australian carbon credit unit |
| Administrator | Carbon Credits Administrator |
| The main bill | The Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 |
| The Registry bill | The Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 |
| CFI | The Carbon Farming Initiative |
| Consequential amendments bill | The Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 |
| GEDO | Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer |
| Kyoto protocol | The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change done at Kyoto on 11 December 1997, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time. |
| NGER Act | National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 |
| Registry | Australian National Registry of Emissions Units |
| RTC | Reporting Transfer Certificate |