{"id":"F2011L02554","name":"Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) – Landfill Legacy Emissions Avoidance Project Specification 2011","slug":"carbon-credits-carbon-farming-initiative-landfill-legacy-emissions-avoidance-project-specification-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":88627,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2011L02554-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) – Landfill Legacy Emissions Avoidance Project Specification 2011","content":"![](image.001.png)  \n\nCarbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) – Landfill Legacy Emissions Avoidance Project Specification 2011\n\nCarbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011\n\nI, GREG COMBET, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, make this instrument for the definition of ‘landfill legacy emissions avoidance project’ in section 5 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.\n\nDated 29 November 2011\n\nGREG COMBET\n\nMinister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency\n\n  \n\n1 Name of instrument\n\nThis instrument is the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) – Landfill Legacy Emissions Avoidance Project Specification 2011.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences at the same time as section 3 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.\n\n3 Landfill legacy date\n\nThe day specified for the definition of ‘landfill legacy emissions avoidance project’ in section 5 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 is 1 July 2012.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1930},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow scope of specifying the landfill legacy date as authorized by section 5 of the parent Act, with no expansion beyond this single definitional purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (Section 3) containing only a date specification","No defined terms within the instrument itself","No conditional logic, exceptions, or substantive cross-references","Total length of three short sections"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument draws a line in the sand for landfill gas projects under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). It sets **1 July 2012** as the **landfill legacy date**.\n\n**What this means:**\n- **Landfill legacy emissions** are methane (a potent greenhouse gas) released from rubbish that was already buried before the CFI began rewarding capture activities\n- Waste deposited in landfills **before 1 July 2012** is classified as \"legacy\" waste\n- Landfill operators can earn carbon credits by capturing and destroying methane from this old waste, provided they meet other requirements in the Act\n\nEssentially, this date determines which rotting rubbish piles qualify for credits under the \"legacy\" category versus new waste streams."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/carbon-credits-carbon-farming-initiative-landfill-legacy-emissions-avoidance-project-specification-2","history":"/api/acts/carbon-credits-carbon-farming-initiative-landfill-legacy-emissions-avoidance-project-specification-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/carbon-credits-carbon-farming-initiative-landfill-legacy-emissions-avoidance-project-specification-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/carbon-credits-carbon-farming-initiative-landfill-legacy-emissions-avoidance-project-specification-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/carbon-credits-carbon-farming-initiative-landfill-legacy-emissions-avoidance-project-specification-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/carbon-credits-carbon-farming-initiative-landfill-legacy-emissions-avoidance-project-specification-2/documents"}}