Carbon Pricing (Carbon Tax, Carbon Credits and Registries) Regulations 2020

Carbon Pricing Act 2018

(Section 76)

Carbon Pricing (Carbon Tax,
Carbon Credits and Registries)
Regulations 2020

2024 REVISED EDITION

(18 December 2024)

[1 May 2020]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations are the Carbon Pricing (Carbon Tax, Carbon Credits and Registries) Regulations 2020.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations —

“carbon crediting programme” means a programme under which international carbon credits are issued;

“certified GHG emissions reductions or removals”, in relation to an international carbon credit, means the GHG emissions reductions or removals that an international carbon credit represents, as certified under the carbon crediting programme under which the international carbon credit is issued;

“chief executive” and “EDMA system” have the meanings given by the Carbon Pricing (Registration and General Matters) Regulations 2018;

“host country”, in relation to an international carbon credit, means the country or territory in which the certified GHG emissions reductions or removals to which the international carbon credit relates, were generated.

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