

2010-2011
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011
No. , 2011
(Climate Change and Energy Efficiency)
A Bill for an Act to deal with consequential matters arising from the enactment of the Clean Energy Act 2011 , and for other purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 3
Schedule 1—General amendments 4
Part 1—Amendments commencing at the same time as section 3 of the Clean Energy Act 2011 commences 4
Division 1—Amendments 4
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 4
Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011 4
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 6
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 6
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 12
Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 12
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 12
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 21
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 22
Taxation Administration Act 1953 24
Division 2—Transitional provisions 25
Part 2—Amendments commencing on 1 July 2012 39
Division 1—Amendments 39
Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011 39
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 47
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 47
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 49
Corporations Act 2001 50
Evidence Act 1995 50
Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 50
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 51
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 103
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 120
Division 2—Application and transitional provisions 122
Schedule 2—Taxation amendments 126
Part 1—Amendments relating to GST 126
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 126
Part 2—Amendments commencing at the same time as section 3 of the Clean Energy Act 2011 commences 127
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 127
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 127
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 170
Taxation Administration Act 1953 172
Part 3—Amendments commencing on 1 July 2015 173
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 173
Schedule 3—Amendments relating to renewable energy certificates 174
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 174
Schedule 4—Amendments relating to the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units 177
Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011 177
Schedule 5—Amendments relating to the Carbon Farming Initiative 195
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 195
A Bill for an Act to deal with consequential matters arising from the enactment of the Clean Energy Act 2011 , and for other purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1, Part 1 |
At the same time as section 3 of the Clean Energy Act 2011 commences. |
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3. Schedule 1, Part 2 |
1 July 2012. |
1 July 2012 |
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4. Schedule 2, Part 1 |
The later of: (a) the day after the Treasurer announces by notice in the Gazette that the States, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory have agreed to amendments made by the provision(s); and (b) the day section 3 of the Clean Energy Act 2011 commences. A notice under paragraph (a) is not a legislative instrument. |
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5. Schedule 2, Part 2 |
At the same time as section 3 of the Clean Energy Act 2011 commences. |
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6. Schedule 2, Part 3 |
1 July 2015. |
1 July 2015 |
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7. Schedule 3 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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8. Schedule 4 |
The later of: (a) the day this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) the day section 3 of the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011 commences. |
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9. Schedule 5 |
The later of: (a) the day this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) the day section 3 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 commences. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
(1) Each Act, and each set of regulations, that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
(2) The amendment of any regulation under subsection (1) does not prevent the regulation, as so amended, from being amended or repealed by the Governor-General.