73KB   Activities that take place before application for accreditation

(1)  An accredited abatement certificate provider is not entitled to create an abatement certificate in respect of an activity that took place before the date on which the accredited abatement certificate provider lodged with the Scheme Administrator an application (completed to the satisfaction of, and in a form acceptable to, the Scheme Administrator) for accreditation as an abatement certificate provider.

(2)  Subclause (1) does not apply in respect of activities that take place in the year 2003 or during the period commencing on 1 January 2004 and ending on 30 June 2004.

(3)  In the year 2003, an accredited abatement certificate provider is not entitled to create an abatement certificate in respect of an activity that took place before 1 January 2003.

(4)  For avoidance of doubt, any regulations or greenhouse gas benchmark rules made under section 97EC (3) of the Act apply in respect of this clause.

Note. Section 97EC (3) of the Act allows the regulations and greenhouse gas benchmark rules to specify when an activity is considered to have taken place for the purposes of Part 8A of the Act.