House of Representatives
Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012
Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012
Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Act 2012
Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by the authority of the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the Hon Greg Combet AM MP and the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP)Index
Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Preliminaries
| Bill reference | Paragraph number |
| Section 1 | 1.22 |
| Section 2 | 1.23, 1.67, 2.71, 3.22, 4.20, 5.12 |
| Section 3 | 1.22 |
Schedule 1
| Bill reference | Paragraph number |
| Part 1, item 1, section 5, CE Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 2, section 5, CE Act | 1.41 |
| Part 1, item 3, section 5, CE Act | 1.41 |
| Part 1, item 4, section 5, CE Act | 1.40, 2.25 |
| Part 1, item 5, section 5, CE Act | 1.421, 2.24 |
| Part 1, item 6, section 5, CE Act | 1.421, 2.24 |
| Part 1, item 7, section 5, CE Act | 1.69 |
| Part 1, item 8, new section 20(10)-(11), CE Act | 2.56 |
| Part 1, item 9, new section 21(8A)-(8B), CE Act | 2.56 |
| Part 1, item 10, new sections 22(8)-(9), CE Act | 2.56 |
| Part 1, item 11, new section 23(9A)-(9B), CE Act | 2.56 |
| Part 1, item 12, new section 24(8A)-(8B), CE Act | 2.56 |
| Part 1, item 13, new section 25(7A)-(7B), CE Act | 2.56 |
| Part 1, item 14, section 30(2)(b), CE Act | 1.421 |
| Part 1, item 15, new section 35(6A), CE Act | 2.59 |
| Part 1, item 16, section 35(7), CE Act | 1.421 |
| Part 1, item 17, section 58, CE Act | 1.421 |
| Part 1, item 18, section 58(1)(d), CE Act | 1.421 |
| Part 1, item 19, new section 92A(4)(a), CE Act | 1.25 |
| Part 1, item 19, new section 92A(4)(b), CE Act | 1.25 |
| Part 1, item 19, new section 92A(4)(c), CE Act | 1.25 |
| Part 1, item 20, new section 92DA, CE Act | 1.28 |
| Part 1, item 21, new sections 92H(1), (2) and (3), CE Act | 1.31 |
| Part 1, item 21, new sections 92H(4), CE Act | 1.31 |
| Part 1, item 21, new section 92H(5), CE Act | 1.32 |
| Part 1, item 22, new section 262(1)(ra), (rb) and (rc), CE Act | 1.36 |
| Part 1, item 23, new sections 263(2)(ga) and (gb), CE Act | 1.37 |
| Part 1, item 24, section 7, NGER Act | 1.41 |
| Part 1, item 25, section 7, NGER Act | 1.40, 1.41 |
| Part 1, item 26, section 7, NGER Act | 1.70 |
| Part 1, item 27, section 7, NGER Act | 1.70 |
| Part 1, item 28, section 7, NGER Act | 1.71 |
| Part 1, item 29, section 7, NGER Act | 1.41 |
| Part 1, item 30, section 7, NGER Act | 1.72 |
| Part 1, item 31, section 7, NGER Act | 1.73 |
| Part 1, item 32, section 7B, NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 33, section 7B(1), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 34, section 7B(1), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 35, section 7B(2), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 36, section 7B(2), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 37, section 7B(2), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 38, section 7B(3)(c), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 39, section 7B(4)(a), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 40, section 7B(4)(c), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 41, section 7B(5), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 42, section 7B(5), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 43, section 7C, NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 44, section 7C(1), NGER Act | 1.40 |
| Part 1, item 45, section 11, NGER Act | 1.74 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11B(10), NGER Act | 1.55 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11C(10), NGER Act | 1.55 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11D(1), NGER Act | 1.57 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11D(1)(f)(ii), NGER Act | 1.57 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11D(1)(g)(ii), NGER Act | 1.57 |
| Part 1, item 46, new sections 11B(20)-(22), NGER Act | 1.58 |
| Part 1, item 46, new sections 11B(13)-(14), NGER Act | 1.61 |
| Part 1, item 46, new sections 11C(13)-(14), NGER Act | 1.61 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11B(1), NGER Act | 1.46 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11C, NGER Act | 1.48 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11B(4), NGER Act | 1.49 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11C(4), NGER Act | 1.49 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11B(2), NGER Act | 1.50 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11C(2), NGER Act | 1.50 |
| Part 1, item 46, new sections 11B(6)-(9), NGER Act | 1.51 |
| Part 1, item 46, new sections 11C(6)-(9), NGER Act | 1.51 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11B(5), NGER Act | 1.52 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11C(5), NGER Act | 1.52 |
| Part 1, item 46, new sections 11B(15) and (16), NGER Act | 1.53 |
| Part 1, item 46, new section 11C(15), NGER Act | 1.53 |
| Part 1, item 46, new sections 11B(17)-(19), NGER Act | 1.54 |
| Part 1, item 46, new sections 11C(16) and (17), NGER Act | 1.54 |
| Part 1, item 47, section 22A(1)(c), NGER Act | 1.42 |
| Part 1, item 48, section 22AA(1)(e), NGER Act | 1.42 |
| Part 1, item 49, section 24(1)(c), NGER Act | 1.63 |
| Part 1, item 50, section 24(1A)(c), NGER Act | 1.64 |
| Part 1, item 51, section 24(1AA)(c), NGER Act | 1.42 |
| Part 1, item 52, sections 24(1AD)(a) and (b), NGER Act | 1.65 |
| Part 1, item 53, section 24(1AD)(c), NGER Act | 1.65 |
| Part 1, item 54, sections 24(1AD), NGER Act | 1.65 |
| Part 1, item 55, section 24(1C), NGER Act | 1.63 |
| Part 1, item 56, sections 24(7) and (8), NGER Act | 1.66 |
| Part 1, item 57, section 30(2A), NGER Act | 1.58, 1.61 |
| Part 1, item 58, new section 56(aaa) and (aab), NGER Act | 1.56 |
| Part 2, item 59 | 1.68 |
Schedule 2
| Bill reference | Paragraph number |
| Item 3, section 5, CE Act | 2.26 |
| Item 4, section 5, CE Act | 2.26 |
| Item 5, section 5, CE Act | 2.28 |
| Item 7, new subsections 20(12)-(13), CE Act | 2.43, 2.44 |
| Item 8, new subsections 21(8C)-(8D), CE Act | 2.43, 2.44 |
| Item 9, new subsections 22(10)-(11), CE Act | 2.43, 2.44 |
| Item 10, new subsections 23(9C)-(9D), CE Act | 2.43, 2.44 |
| Item 11, new subsections 224(8C)-(8D), CE Act | 2.43, 2.44 |
| Item 12, new subsections 25(7C)-(7D), CE Act | 2.43, 2.44 |
| Item 13, new section 36B(1), CE Act | 2.40 |
| Item 13, new section 36B(4), CE Act | 2.45 |
| Item 13, new section 36C(4), CE Act | 2.45 |
| Item 13, new section 36B(5), CE Act | 2.46 |
| Item 13, new section 36C(5), CE Act | 2.46 |
| Item 13, new section 36D(5), CE Act | 2.46 |
| Item 13, new section 36C(1), CE Act | 2.40 |
| Item 13, new section 36D(1), CE Act | 2.40 |
| Item 13, sections 36B-36D, CE Act | 2.23 |
| Item 13, sections 36B-36D, CE Act | 2.22 |
| Item 13, new section 36B, CE Act | 2.30, 2.34 |
| Item 13, new section 36C, CE Act | 2.32, 2.34 |
| Item 13, new section 36D, CE Act | 2.34 |
| Item 14, section 40(3)(a), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 15, section 41(1)(a), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 16, section 43(2)(a), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 17, section 45(8), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 18, section 45(8)-(15), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 19, section 47, CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 20, section 47(2), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 21, section 47(2), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 22, section 48(1), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 23, section 48(1), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 24, section 48(1)(a), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 25, section 48(3), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 26, section 49(a), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 27, section 49, CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 28, section 50(a), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 29, section 51, CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 30, section 52, CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 31, section 53(1)(a), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 32, section 53(2)(b), CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 33, section 54, CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 34, section 55, CE Act | 2.37 |
| Item 35, new section 58AA, CE Act | 2.35 |
| Item 35, new section 58AB, CE Act | 2.35 |
| Item 36, section 59, CE Act | 2.36 |
| Item 37, section 59(2), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 38, section 59(2), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 39, section 59(3), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 40, section 59(3), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 41, section 59(3), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 42, section 59(3), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 42, section 59(4), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 43, section 59(4), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 44, section 59(4), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 45, section 59(4), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 46, section 59(5), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 47, section 59(5), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 48, section 59(5), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 50, section 59(7), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 51, section 59(8), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 52, section 60, CE Act | 2.36 |
| Item 53, section 60(2), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 54, section 60(2), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 55, section 60(3), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 56, section 60(3), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 57, section 60(3), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 58, section 60(4), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 59, section 60(4), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 60, section 60(4), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 61, section 60(4), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 62, section 60(5), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 63, section 60(5), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 64, section 60(5), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 66, section 60(7), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 67, section 60(8), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 68, section 63(1), CE Act | 2.38 |
| Item 69, section 63(4), CE Act | 2.38 |
| Item 70, sections 64(1) and (3), CE Act | 2.38 |
| Item 71, new section 126(7A), CE Act | 2.41 |
| Item 72, section 228(1)(a), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 73, section 262(1)(f), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 74, section 262(1)(g), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 75, section 262(1)(i), CE Act | 2.77 |
| Item 76, section 2-1, Fuel Tax Act | 2.65 |
| Item 77, subsection 41-15(1), Fuel Tax Act | 2.65 |
| Item 78, section 41-35, Fuel Tax Act | 2.60 |
| Item 79, subsection 42A 5(3), Fuel Tax Act | 2.62 |
| Item 79, subsection 42A-5(4), Fuel Tax Act | 2.63 |
| Item 79, section 42A-5, Fuel Tax Act | 2.65 |
| Item 80, section 43-1, Fuel Tax Act | 2.65 |
| Item 81, subsection 43-5(1 ), Fuel Tax Act | 2.67 |
| Item 82, subsections 43-5(4) and (5), Fuel Tax Act | 2.67 |
| Item 83, subsection 43-8 (1), Fuel Tax Act | 2.70 |
| Item 84, subsection 43-8 (1A), Fuel Tax Act | 2.70 |
| Item 85, section 110-5, paragraph (a) of new definition of 'taxable fuel', Fuel Tax Act | 2.67 |
Schedule 3
| Bill reference | Paragraph number |
| Item 1, section 15(2)(e), CFI Act | 3.19 |
| Item 2, section 28(2), CFI Act | 3.19 |
| Item 3, section 31(1), CFI Act | 3.19 |
| Item 4, section 34(2)(a), CFI Act | 3.19 |
| Item 5, section 106, CFI Act | 3.20 |
| Item 6, section 168(1)(h), CFI Act | 3.19 |
| Item 7, section 122, CFI Act | 3.21 |
| Item 8, CFI Act | 3.23 |
Schedule 4
| Bill reference | Paragraph number |
| Item 1, section 4, ANREU Act | 4.17 |
| Item 2, section 27(3B), ANREU Act | 4.10 |
| Item 2, section 27(3C), ANREU Act | 4.10 |
| Item 2, section 27(3E), ANREU Act | 4.12 |
| Item 2, section 27(3D), ANREU Act | 4.15 |
| Item 2, section 27(3A), ANREU Act | 4.9 |
| Item 3, section 28A(2), ANREU Act | 4.16 |
Schedule 5
| Bill reference | Paragraph number |
| Item 1, section 73A, ARENA Act | 5.6 |
| Item 2, section 49(1), CER Act | 5.7, 5.11 |
Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012
| Bill reference | Paragraph number |
| Section 1 | 2.50 |
| Section 2 | 2.74, 2.75, 2.76 |
| Section 3 | 2.50 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, items 1 to 9, Schedules 3,5,6,7 and 8, Customs Tariff Act | 2.54 |
| Schedule 1, Part 2, items 11 and 12, subsections 19A(3) to (5), Customs Tariff Act | 2.55 |
Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012
| Bill reference | Paragraph number |
| Section 1 | 2.50 |
| Section 2 | 2.74, 2.75, 2.76 |
| Section 3 | 2.50 |
| Schedule 1, item 1, section 77HA, Excise Act | 2.53 |
| Schedule 1, items 2 to 9 and 13, subsections 3(1), 5(1), section 6H, and the Schedule, Excise Tariff Act | 2.51 |
| Schedule 1, items 10 to 12, the Schedule, Excise Tariff Act | 2.52 |