Clean Energy Amendment (International Emissions Trading and Other Measures) Act2012 (204 of 2012)
Schedule 1
Part 1 General amendments
Clean Energy Act 2011
46 At the end of section 20
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Own-use notifications - no double counting
(14) If:
(a) the facility was under the operational control of the person throughout the eligible financial year; and
(b) during the eligible financial year, an amount of covered emissions from the operation of the facility was attributable to the combustion of natural gas that was supplied by a natural gas supplier to a person (the recipient ) (who may be the person mentioned in paragraph (a)); and
(c) the natural gas supplier has, under section 35A, a provisional emissions number for an eligible financial year; and
(d) the provisional emissions number is wholly or partly attributable to the supply of the natural gas to the recipient; and
(e) either:
(i) the recipient gave the natural gas supplier an own-use notification in relation to the supply of the natural gas; or
(ii) the conditions specified in the regulations are satisfied;
the amount mentioned in paragraph (b):
(f) does not count for the purposes of subsection (1); and
(g) counts for the purposes of paragraph (4)(b).
(15) If:
(a) the facility was under the operational control of the person for a number of, but not all, days in the eligible financial year (the control days ); and
(b) during the control days, an amount of covered emissions from the operation of the facility was attributable to the combustion of natural gas that was supplied by a natural gas supplier to a person (the recipient ) (who may be the person mentioned in paragraph (a)); and
(c) the natural gas supplier has, under section 35A, a provisional emissions number for an eligible financial year; and
(d) the provisional emissions number is wholly or partly attributable to the supply of the natural gas to the recipient; and
(e) either:
(i) the recipient gave the natural gas supplier an own-use notification in relation to the supply of the natural gas; or
(ii) the conditions specified in the regulations are satisfied;
the amount mentioned in paragraph (b):
(f) does not count for the purposes of subsection (1); and
(g) counts for the purposes of paragraph (5)(b).