97CF   Waiver or suspension of obligations in emergencies

(1)  The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, waive, or suspend for a specified period, the obligation of a benchmark participant to comply with the participant’s greenhouse gas benchmark, but only if it appears to the Minister that a benchmark participant is or will be unable to comply with the benchmark because of:

(a)  a systems or other failure of the register of abatement certificates, or

(b)  any other emergency affecting the integrity of the register or the abatement certificate scheme established under this Part.

(2)  An order may:

(a)  be made subject to conditions, and

(b)  apply to all benchmark participants or to a specified class of participants, and

(c)  specify the effect of the waiver or suspension on any other rights conferred or obligations imposed under this Part.

(3)  An order takes effect on the day on which it is published in the Gazette or, if a later day is specified in the order, on that day.

(4)  An order may be amended or revoked by a later order.