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)Glossary
The following abbreviations and acronyms are used throughout this explanatory memorandum.
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| ANREU Act | Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011 |
| ANREU Regulations | Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Regulations 2011 |
| ARENA | Australian Renewable Energy Agency |
| ARENA Act | Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011 |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| The bill | References to 'the bill' are to the Clean Energy Legislative Amendment Bill 2012. Other bills are identified by their full titles. |
| Carbon pricing mechanism or mechanism | The carbon pricing mechanism set up by the CE Act |
| CE Act | Clean Energy Act 2011 |
| CEFC | Clean Energy Finance Corporation |
| CEFC Bill | Clean Energy Finance Corporation Bill 2012 |
| CER | Clean Energy Regulator |
| CER Act | Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011 |
| CFI | Carbon Farming Initiative |
| CFI Act | Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 |
| Clean Energy Legislative Package | A package of Acts including:
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| CNG | Compressed natural gas |
| CO2-e | Carbon dioxide equivalence |
| Customs | Australian Customs and Border Protection Service |
| Customs Tariff Act | Customs Tariff Act 1995 |
| DCCEE | Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency |
| DOIC | Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee |
| DOIP | Designated opt-in person |
| Excise Act | Excise Act 1901 |
| Excise Tariff Act | Excise Tariff Act 1921 |
| FTC | Fuel tax credit |
| Fuel Tax Act | Fuel Tax Act 2006 |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| JV | Joint venture |
| LPG | Liquid petroleum gas or (once amended) liquefied petroleum gas |
| LNG | Liquefied natural gas |
| NGER Act | National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 |
| NGER Regulations | National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008 |
| OTN | Obligation transfer number |
| Opt-in Scheme | The Opt-in Scheme set out in Part 3, Division 7 of the Clean Energy Act 2011 |
| Registry | Australian National Registry of Emissions Units |