Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 136
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989.
Dated 24 June 2008
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
PETER ROBERT GARRETT
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
Contents
                        1     Name of Regulations                                                        2
                        2     Commencement                                                              2
                        3     Amendment of Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995                                                                                      2
Schedule 1             Amendments commencing on day after registration     3
Schedule 2             Amendments commencing on 1 January 2009              3
 
 
 
1              Name of Regulations
                These Regulations are the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1).
2              Commencement
                These Regulations commence as follows:
                 (a)     on the day after they are registered — regulations 1 to 3 and Schedule 1;
                (b)     on 1 January 2009 — Schedule 2.
3              Amendment of Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995
                Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995.
Schedule 1        Amendments commencing on day after registration
(regulation 3)
  
[1]           After subregulation 111 (1)
insert
      (1A)   A person commits an offence if the person:
                (a)    holds a refrigerant handling licence; and
               (b)    carries out refrigerant handling work that the person is not entitled to carry out under the item in column 3 of Table 131 that corresponds to the item in column 2 of Table 131 that describes the kind of refrigerant handling licence held by the licensee.
Penalty:   10 penalty units.
[2]           Subregulation 111 (3)
after
(1)
insert
or (1A)
[3]           After subregulation 123 (2)
insert
         (3)   The Minister may delegate his or her powers under this regulation to an SES employee or acting SES employee in the Department.
         (4)   In exercising powers under a delegation, the delegate must comply with any directions of the Minister.
[4]           Subparagraph 135 (1) (c) (ii)
omit
facility.
insert
facility; and
[5]           After paragraph 135 (1) (c)
insert
               (d)    in handling refrigerants, only carries out refrigerant handling work that the licensee is entitled to carry out under the item in column 3 of Table 131 that corresponds to the item in column 2 of Table 131 that describes the kind of refrigerant handling licence held by the licensee.
[6]           Table 135, item 34
substitute
34
 
The Australian Automotive Code of Practice for the Control of Refrigerant Gases during Manufacture, Installation, Servicing or Decommissioning of Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners
[7]           Regulation 200, definition of approved form
omit
Secretary
insert
Minister
[8]           Regulations 241, 242, 243, 244 and 245
omit each mention of
Secretary
insert
Minister
[9]           Regulation 245, note
omit
[10]         After regulation 245
insert
246         Delegation
         (1)   The Minister may delegate his or her powers and functions under this Division to an SES employee or acting SES employee in the Department.
         (2)   In exercising powers or functions under a delegation, the delegate must comply with any directions of the Minister.
Note    Regulation numbers 247 to 300 are intentionally not used.
[11]         After subregulation 315 (2)
insert
         (3)   The Minister may delegate his or her powers under this regulation to an SES employee or acting SES employee in the Department.
         (4)   In exercising powers under a delegation, the delegate must comply with any directions of the Minister.
Schedule 2        Amendments commencing on 1 January 2009
(regulation 3)
  
[1]           Regulation 200, definition of Non‑QPS Exemption List, paragraph (d)
omit
2008.
insert
2008; and
[2]           Regulation 200, definition of Non‑QPS Exemption List, after paragraph (d)
insert
                (e)    for the year 2009 — the document called Exemption List for Non‑QPS Applications of Methyl Bromide in 2009, published by the Department, as in force on 1 January 2009.
[3]           Subregulation 213 (6), definition of Non‑QPS Intermediate Supplier List, paragraph (d)
omit
2008.
insert
2008; and
[4]           Subregulation 213 (6), definition of Non‑QPS Intermediate Supplier List, after paragraph (d)
insert
                (e)    for the year 2009 — the document called Intermediate Supplier List for Non‑QPS Applications of Methyl Bromide in 2009, published by the Department, as in force on 1 January 2009.
Note
1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.