Bill
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Reform (Closing the Hole in the Ozone Layer) Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-12-13. Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-09-28
- second reading — 2022-09-28
- second reading — 2022-11-10
- other — 2022-11-29
- second reading — 2022-11-30
- second reading — 2022-11-30
- other — 2022-11-30
- third reading — 2022-11-30
- introduced — 2022-11-30
- second reading — 2022-11-30
- second reading — 2022-12-01
- second reading — 2022-12-01
- third reading — 2022-12-01
- passed — 2022-12-01
- royal assent — 2022-12-13
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 2022-09-28.
The bill would rewrite the main law that controls who can import, export or make ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases.
It would move existing licence conditions into the legislation itself, clarify when a licence or exemption is needed, and give businesses more time to send reports and pay fees.
The compliance and enforcement powers would be brought into line with a standard Commonwealth framework, and the bill would add information-gathering notices, licence suspension and an internal review process.
- Brings licence conditions such as the ban on non-refillable containers into the Act.
- Clarifies licence and exemption rules to reduce accidental breaches.
- Extends deadlines for submitting reports and paying levies.
- Adopts the standard provisions of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014.
- Modernises the offence and penalty structure.
- Introduces information-gathering powers including notices to produce.
Businesses that handle scheduled substances and individuals regulated under the Act.
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