Division
Glenn Lazarus I move amendment (1) on sheet 7726: (1) Schedule 1, Division 1, page 13 (line 2) to page 14 (line 29), omit the Division, substitute: Division 1—Amendments _Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000_ 47 Subsection 5(1) Insert: _ biomass_ means organic matter other than fossilised biomass. Note: Examples of fossilised biomass include coal and lignite. _ wood waste_ has the meaning given by section 5A. 48 After section 5 Insert: 5A Wood waste (1) For the purposes of this Act, _wood waste_ means: (a) biomass: (i) produced from non-native environmental weed species; and (ii) harvested for the control or eradication of the species, from a harvesting operation that is approved under relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory planning and approval processes; and (b) a manufactured wood by-product from a manufacturing process; and (c) waste products from the construction of buildings or furniture, including timber off-cuts and timber from demolished buildings; and (d) sawmill residue; and (e) biomass from a native forest that meets all the requirements in subsection (2). (2) Biomass from a native forest must be: (a) harvested primarily for a purpose other than biomass for energy production; and (b) harvested from a forest that has been certified, or becomes certified before 30 June 2016, by the Forest Stewardship Council to a forest management standard; and (c) either: (i) a by-product or waste product of a harvesting operation, approved under relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory planning and approval processes, for which a high-value process is the primary purpose of the harvesting; or (ii) a by-product (including thinnings and coppicing) of a harvesting operation that is carried out in accordance with ecologically sustainable forest management principles; and (d) either: (i) if it is from an area where a regional forest agreement is in force—produced in accordance with any ecologically sustainable forest management principles required by the agreement; or
Senate, 2015-06-23. negative: ayes 30, noes 34.
Question
Glenn Lazarus I move amendment (1) on sheet 7726: (1) Schedule 1, Division 1, page 13 (line 2) to page 14 (line 29), omit the Division, substitute: Division 1—Amendments _Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000_ 47 Subsection 5(1) Insert: _ biomass_ means organic matter other than fossilised biomass. Note: Examples of fossilised biomass include coal and lignite. _ wood waste_ has the meaning given by section 5A. 48 After section 5 Insert: 5A Wood waste (1) For the purposes of this Act, _wood waste_ means: (a) biomass: (i) produced from non-native environmental weed species; and (ii) harvested for the control or eradication of the species, from a harvesting operation that is approved under relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory planning and approval processes; and (b) a manufactured wood by-product from a manufacturing process; and (c) waste products from the construction of buildings or furniture, including timber off-cuts and timber from demolished buildings; and (d) sawmill residue; and (e) biomass from a native forest that meets all the requirements in subsection (2). (2) Biomass from a native forest must be: (a) harvested primarily for a purpose other than biomass for energy production; and (b) harvested from a forest that has been certified, or becomes certified before 30 June 2016, by the Forest Stewardship Council to a forest management standard; and (c) either: (i) a by-product or waste product of a harvesting operation, approved under relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory planning and approval processes, for which a high-value process is the primary purpose of the harvesting; or (ii) a by-product (including thinnings and coppicing) of a harvesting operation that is carried out in accordance with ecologically sustainable forest management principles; and (d) either: (i) if it is from an area where a regional forest agreement is in force—produced in accordance with any ecologically sustainable forest management principles required by the agreement; or
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