Bill
Product Emissions Standards (Customs) Charges Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-09-14. Environment and Energy portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Environment and Energy
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-08-10
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- second reading — 2017-09-05
- other — 2017-09-05
- second reading — 2017-09-06
- second reading — 2017-09-06
- other — 2017-09-06
- third reading — 2017-09-06
- introduced — 2017-09-07
- second reading — 2017-09-07
- second reading — 2017-09-11
- second reading — 2017-09-11
- committee — 2017-09-11
- third reading — 2017-09-11
- passed — 2017-09-11
- royal assent — 2017-09-14
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-08-10.
This bill is part of a package that would create a national framework for reducing air pollution from certain products.
The package would let the minister designate products as emissions-controlled, set rules for certifying them to meet emissions standards, and create offences for importing or supplying uncertified products.
The first products expected to be covered are new non-road spark ignition engines and equipment, including marine engines and small engines up to 19 kilowatts.
- Sets up a national scheme for emissions standards on certain products.
- Allows the minister to prescribe products and make rules for certification and exemptions.
- Creates offences and penalties for importing or supplying uncertified emissions-controlled products.
- Establishes a charge on imports and domestic manufacture of emissions-controlled products to recover costs.
Importers, domestic manufacturers, and suppliers of non-road spark ignition engines and equipment.
Sources
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