{"id":"F2025L01267","name":"Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Regulations 2025","slug":"future-made-in-australia-guarantee-of-origin-charges-regulations-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443001,"registerId":"F2025L01267-fast-fetch-1775957922245","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Regulations 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFuture Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Regulations 2025\n\nI, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.\n\nDated  16 October 2025\n\nSam Mostyn AC\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nJosh Wilson\n\nAssistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy  Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\nPart 2—Charges\n\n5 Charge payable in relation to production profile\n\n6 Charge payable in relation to delivery profile\n\n7 Charge payable in relation to consumption profile\n\n8 Charge payable in relation to accredited power station\n\n9 Charge payable in relation to electricity generation system other than an accredited power station\n\n10 Charge payable in relation to energy storage system\n\n11 Charge payable in relation to aggregated system\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Regulations 2025.\n\n2  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 \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The later of:(a) the start of the day after this instrument is registered; and(b) immediately after the commencement of the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Act 2024. 3 November 2025(paragraph (b) applies)\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Act 2024.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Act 2024.\n\nPart 2—Charges\n\n \n\n5  Charge payable in relation to production profile\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 9(2) of the Act, the prescribed amount of charge on a production profile for a financial year ending on or after 30 June 2026 is:\n\n (a) if the production profile is a registered profile on 1 July of the financial year—$8,166; or\n\n (b) if the production profile becomes a registered profile after 1 July of the financial year—the amount calculated using the formula in subsection (2) of this section.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the formula is:\n\n![Start formula start fraction Period remaining in the financial year over Number of days in the financial year times $8,166 end formula](image.002.png)\n\nwhere:\n\nperiod remaining in the financial year means the number of days in the period:\n\n (a) beginning on the day in the financial year that the production profile becomes a registered profile; and\n\n (b) ending on 30 June of the financial year.\n\n (3) The amount calculated under subsection (2) must be rounded to the nearest cent (rounding 0.5 cents upwards).\n\n6  Charge payable in relation to delivery profile\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 10(2) of the Act, the prescribed amount of charge on a delivery profile for a financial year ending on or after 30 June 2026 is:\n\n (a) if the delivery profile is a registered profile on 1 July of the financial year—$8,166; or\n\n (b) if the delivery profile becomes a registered profile after 1 July of the financial year—the amount calculated using the formula in subsection (2) of this section.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the formula is:\n\n![Start formula start fraction Period remaining in the financial year over Number of days in the financial year times $8,166 end formula](image.003.png)\n\nwhere:\n\nperiod remaining in the financial year means the number of days in the period:\n\n (a) beginning on the day in the financial year that the delivery profile becomes a registered profile; and\n\n (b) ending on 30 June of the financial year.\n\n (3) The amount calculated under subsection (2) must be rounded to the nearest cent (rounding 0.5 cents upwards).\n\n7  Charge payable in relation to consumption profile\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 11(2) of the Act, the prescribed amount of charge on a consumption profile for a financial year ending on or after 30 June 2026 is:\n\n (a) if the consumption profile is a registered profile on 1 July of the financial year—$8,166; or\n\n (b) if the consumption profile becomes a registered profile after 1 July of the financial year—the amount calculated using the formula in subsection (2) of this section.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the formula is:\n\n![Start formula start fraction Period remaining in the financial year over Number of days in the financial year times $8,166 end formula](image.004.png)\n\nwhere:\n\nperiod remaining in the financial year means the number of days in the period:\n\n (a) beginning on the day in the financial year that the consumption profile becomes a registered profile; and\n\n (b) ending on 30 June of the financial year.\n\n (3) The amount calculated under subsection (2) must be rounded to the nearest cent (rounding 0.5 cents upwards).\n\n8  Charge payable in relation to accredited power station\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 12(2) of the Act, the prescribed amount of charge on a facility that is an accredited power station for a financial year ending on or after 30 June 2026 is:\n\n (a) if the facility is a registered renewable electricity facility on 1 July of the financial year—nil; or\n\n (b) if the facility becomes a registered renewable electricity facility after 1 July of the financial year—the amount calculated using the formula in subsection (2) of this section.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the formula is:\n\n![Start formula start fraction Period remaining in the financial year over Number of days in the financial year times Nil end formula](image.005.png)\n\nwhere:\n\nperiod remaining in the financial year means the number of days in the period:\n\n (a) beginning on the day in the financial year that the facility becomes a registered renewable electricity facility; and\n\n (b) ending on 30 June of the financial year.\n\n (3) The amount calculated under subsection (2) must be rounded to the nearest cent (rounding 0.5 cents upwards).\n\n9  Charge payable in relation to electricity generation system other than an accredited power station\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 13(2) of the Act, the prescribed amount of charge on a facility that is an electricity generation system other than an accredited power station for a financial year ending on or after 30 June 2026 is:\n\n (a) if the facility is a registered renewable electricity facility on 1 July of the financial year—nil; or\n\n (b) if the facility becomes a registered renewable electricity facility after 1 July of the financial year—the amount calculated using the formula in subsection (2) of this section.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the formula is:\n\n![Start formula start fraction Period remaining in the financial year over Number of days in the financial year times Nil end formula](image.005.png)\n\nwhere:\n\nperiod remaining in the financial year means the number of days in the period:\n\n (a) beginning on the day in the financial year that the facility becomes a registered renewable electricity facility; and\n\n (b) ending on 30 June of the financial year.\n\n (3) The amount calculated under subsection (2) must be rounded to the nearest cent (rounding 0.5 cents upwards).\n\n10  Charge payable in relation to energy storage system\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 14(2) of the Act, the prescribed amount of charge on a facility that is an energy storage system for a financial year ending on or after 30 June 2026 is:\n\n (a) if the facility is a registered renewable electricity facility on 1 July of the financial year—nil; or\n\n (b) if the facility becomes a registered renewable electricity facility after 1 July of the financial year—the amount calculated using the formula in subsection (2) of this section.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the formula is:\n\n![Start formula start fraction Period remaining in the financial year over Number of days in the financial year times Nil end formula](image.005.png)\n\nwhere:\n\nperiod remaining in the financial year means the number of days in the period:\n\n (a) beginning on the day in the financial year that the facility becomes a registered renewable electricity facility; and\n\n (b) ending on 30 June of the financial year.\n\n (3) The amount calculated under subsection (2) must be rounded to the nearest cent (rounding 0.5 cents upwards).\n\n11  Charge payable in relation to aggregated system\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 15(2) of the Act, the prescribed amount of charge on a facility that is an aggregated system for a financial year ending on or after 30 June 2026 is:\n\n (a) if the facility is a registered renewable electricity facility on 1 July of the financial year—nil; or\n\n (b) if the facility becomes a registered renewable electricity facility after 1 July of the financial year—the amount calculated using the formula in subsection (2) of this section.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the formula is:\n\n![Start formula start fraction Period remaining in the financial year over Number of days in the financial year times Nil end formula](image.005.png)\n\nwhere:\n\nperiod remaining in the financial year means the number of days in the period:\n\n (a) beginning on the day in the financial year that the facility becomes a registered renewable electricity facility; and\n\n (b) ending on 30 June of the financial year.\n\n (3) The amount calculated under subsection (2) must be rounded to the nearest cent (rounding 0.5 cents upwards).\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: prescribing specific dollar amounts for charges under the Guarantee of Origin scheme. It does not expand beyond setting fees for the seven categories of registrable entities outlined in the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Highly repetitive structure: Sections 5-11 follow an identical template with only minor variations (the dollar amount $8,166 vs nil, and the defined term for the facility type)","Simple mathematical formulas: All calculations use the same basic pro-rata formula (days remaining / total days × annual amount)","Minimal defined terms: Only one definition ('Act') in section 4; other terms (like 'registered profile', 'financial year') rely on the parent Act","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond the basic 'if registered on 1 July / if registered later' binary choice","Short length: 11 sections total, approximately 3 pages of substantive content","Straightforward commencement provision with a simple 'later of' date trigger"],"plain_english_summary":"This law sets the charges businesses pay to participate in Australia’s Future Made in Australia Guarantee of Origin scheme, which certifies the origin and carbon intensity of clean-energy products like hydrogen and green steel. It applies mainly to energy producers and large industrial facilities that register production, delivery, or consumption profiles.\n\nThe standard annual charge is $8,166 (pro‑rata if part‑year), while registered renewable electricity facilities (generators, storage, aggregated systems) are exempt (nil). The fees fund scheme administration and support export-grade carbon transparency."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument prescribes monetary amounts and timing rules only; it does not itself expand or limit which profiles or facilities fall within the scheme (that determination is made by the Act). It fixes a uniform annual fee for profiles and prescribes nil charges for listed facility classes, plus a consistent prorating and rounding method (ss2–11)."},"complexity_factors":["Different charge rules for profile types versus facility types: profiles (production, delivery, consumption) have a non‑zero annual charge; multiple facility classes are prescribed nil (ss5–11).","Prorating mechanism for mid‑year registrations: each charge (non‑zero or nil) is multiplied by the ratio of days remaining in the financial year to days in the financial year (ss5(2), 6(2), 7(2), 8(2)–11(2)).","Uniform annual amount for profiles: a fixed $8,166 annual amount applies to production, delivery and consumption profiles if registered on 1 July (ss5(1)(a), 6(1)(a), 7(1)(a)).","Rounding rule: prorated amounts must be rounded to the nearest cent, 0.5 cents upwards (ss5(3), 6(3), 7(3), 8(3)–11(3)).","Commencement linkage: the whole instrument commences the later of registration and the Act commencing (s2), creating a dependency on timing of the parent Act.","Cross‑references to the Act: the instrument prescribes amounts only and relies on the Act for definitions and scope (s3 and the instrument’s use of the Act’s subsections, e.g. subsections 9–15 of the Act).","Repetition across many parts increases drafting surface area but not conceptual difficulty; administrators must apply identical formulas across multiple categories (Parts 2, ss5–11).","Operational/admin burden: agencies and registrants must compute prorated fees and track registration dates to apply the correct amount and rounding (ss5(2)–(3) etc.)."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets the annual fees for entities registered under the Future Made in Australia scheme. Owners of production, delivery and consumption profiles pay a prescribed annual charge of $8,166 (prorated if registered part-way through the year). Registered renewable electricity facilities (accredited power stations, other generation, storage and aggregated systems) are prescribed a nil charge (also prorated if registered mid‑year). It matters because it fixes the direct yearly cost of participation and the proration and rounding rules for mid‑year registrations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/future-made-in-australia-guarantee-of-origin-charges-regulations-2025","history":"/api/acts/future-made-in-australia-guarantee-of-origin-charges-regulations-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/future-made-in-australia-guarantee-of-origin-charges-regulations-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/future-made-in-australia-guarantee-of-origin-charges-regulations-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/future-made-in-australia-guarantee-of-origin-charges-regulations-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/future-made-in-australia-guarantee-of-origin-charges-regulations-2025/documents"}}