{"id":"F2025L00320","name":"Australian Renewable Energy Agency Regulations 2025","slug":"australian-renewable-energy-agency-regulations-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":106124,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2025L00320-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"## Part 1—Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Australian Renewable Energy Agency Regulations 2025.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n```html\n

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1. The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered.

8 March 2025

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Additional amounts

Item

Column 1

Item of table in subsection 64(1) of Act

Column 2

Additional amounts

1

Item 3

$100,000,000

2

Item 4

$150,000,000

3

Item 5

$190,000,000

4

Item 6

$200,000,000

5

Item 7

$200,000,000

6

Item 8

$200,000,000

7

Item 9

$200,000,000

8

Item 10

$200,000,000

9

Item 11

$200,000,000

10

Item 12

$190,000,000

11

Item 13

$100,000,000

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