Sustainable Biofuel Obligation Bill

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Hon Dr Megan Woods

Sustainable Biofuel Obligation Bill

Government Bill

182—1

	Explanatory note
1	Title
2	Commencement
	Part 1 Preliminary provisions
3	Purpose of this Act
4	Outline of this Act
5	Interpretation
6	Transitional, savings, and related provisions
7	Act binds the Crown
	Part 2 Biofuel obligation
	Subpart 1—Imposition of biofuel obligation
	Application
8	Persons to whom this Act applies
9	Fuel on which biofuel obligation is based
	Biofuel obligation
10	Biofuel obligation
	Emissions intensity reduction percentages
11	Emissions intensity reduction percentages
12	Alteration of emissions intensity reduction percentages for 2026 onwards
	Sustainable biofuels
13	Regulations declaring what are sustainable biofuels
14	Regulations made under section 13(1): additional matters
15	Certification schemes
	Subpart 2—Flexibility measures
16	Obliged persons may bank or trade excess reductions
17	Obliged persons may borrow reductions
18	Minister may approve increase in reduction borrowed to 20% or less
19	Provisions applying to all flexibility measures
	Part 3 Administration and enforcement
	Subpart 1—Administration
20	Functions of EPA under this Act
21	Obliged persons must keep and retain records
22	Obliged persons must provide administrative information to EPA
23	Obliged persons must provide annual reports
24	EPA must publish certain information
25	Offence for failure to provide information or documents when required
26	Knowingly providing false or misleading information
27	Application of certain provisions of Climate Change Response Act 2002
28	Sharing information
29	Obligation to maintain confidentiality
	Subpart 2—Civil pecuniary penalties
30	Civil pecuniary penalty order for contravening biofuel obligation
31	Strict liability
32	Defences
33	Amount of pecuniary penalty
34	Considerations for court in reducing civil pecuniary penalty
35	Court must order that recovery from civil pecuniary penalty be applied to EPA’s actual costs
36	Rules of civil procedure and civil standard of proof apply
37	Limitation
38	EPA may accept undertakings
	Subpart 3—Regulations and consequential amendments
39	Obliged person must provide other information
40	Form, manner, and content of information
41	Regulations
42	Consequential amendment to other enactment
	Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions
	Schedule 2 Emissions intensity reduction percentages
	Schedule 3 Consequential amendment to other enactment

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