5Definitions

5 Definitions

In this determination:

Act means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.

ANZSIC class means the industry classification and code for that number published in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 2006.

arm’s length agistment arrangement means a written contract:

(a) under which a party with more grazing available than is needed for its own cattle allows the other party to use the spare grazing capacity; and

(b) where the parties are not linked entities.

assessment day, for a herd of a project, means the day of the calendar year specified as the assessment day for the herd in accordance with subsection 8(4), or as varied under subsection 8(5).

Note: The assessment day for the herd will need to be set so that any annual muster and weighing of animals that is needed to provide data in accordance with section 25 can be done within six weeks before or after the day. For the first and last assessment days, weights taken more than two weeks from the assessment day will be need be adjusted by linear projection in accordance with subsections 25(7) to (11).

A project can be divided into several herds with different assessment days.

assessment year, for a herd of a project, means a period of 12 months that:

(a) begins on or after the date of the relevant application for the herd; and

(b) begins on the day after one assessment day and ends on the next assessment day; and

(c) ends during the crediting period.

Note: A project can be divided into several herds with different assessment days, and therefore different assessment years. The first assessment year of a herd may begin before the beginning of the crediting period, provided that it ends during the crediting period. In this case there will be 7 assessment years, with the last ending within 12 months before the end of the crediting period.

baseline reference date, for a herd of a project, means the day of the calendar year specified as the baseline reference date for the herd in accordance with paragraph 8(6)(e) and subsection 16(1).

Note: This date is the end of the period of 7 years in which the emissions intensity reference period can be set.

business operation means an operation consisting of the whole or a part of an entity or group of entities:

(a) that involves pasture grazing of cattle; and

(b) in relation to which a livestock inventory of those cattle is maintained.

Note: A business operation that defines a herd of cattle for a project must satisfy the separate business operation requirement (section 10) and the herd continuity requirement (section 11).

cattle means beef cattle.

crude protein means the total protein equivalent in a feed, based on an assumed nitrogen content of 16% of the total protein equivalent of the feed. Crude protein includes true protein and non‑protein nitrogen.

dry matter means the total weight of a feed minus the weight of its water content.

dry matter digestibility means the percentage of dry matter in a feed able to be digested by cattle, as determined by an in‑vitro testing method.

eligible herd management project means a herd management project that has been declared an eligible offsets project under section 27 of the Act.

emissions intensity reference period, for a herd—see subsection 16(4).

entity has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.

Note: See section 184.1 of that Act. The definition covers all kinds of legal persons and other things that in practice are treated as having a separate identity in the same way as a legal person does, and so can be registered for GST. These include an individual, a body corporate, a corporation sole, a body politic, a partnership, any other unincorporated association or body of persons, a trust or a superannuation fund.

full data herd—see subsection 16(2).

herd of a business operation, at a particular time, means all cattle that are on the livestock inventory of the business operation at that time.

Note: An animal in utero will not be a separate member of the herd.

Herd Management Calculator means the Calculator that is published from time to time on the Department’s website with a statement that:

(a) it is the Beef Cattle Herd Management Calculator for this determination; and

(b) if it differs from the version that was on the website at the time of commencement of this determination—the differences consist only of one of more of the following:

(i) updates to inputs and variables used by the Calculator that are consistent with either or both of the following:

(A) the National Inventory Report;

(B) the carbon dioxide equivalence and applicable methods under subsection 10(3) of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007;

(ii) updates that have a minor effect on the calculation of abatement;
(iii) updates that are necessary or incidental to updates referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii).

herd management project—see section 6.

input date—see section 24.

input group—see section 24.

limited data herd—see subsection 16(3).

linked, of an entity: if:

(a) 2 entities are members of a group that constitutes the parent entity of a business operation; or

(b) 2 entities are related entities within the meaning given by section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001; or

(c) 2 entities are both linked to a third entity under paragraph (a) or (b);

the 2 entities are linked to each other.

linked, of a business operation: if:

(a) 2 entities are linked to each other; and

(b) each entity is, or is part of the parent entity of, a different business operation;

the 2 business operations are linked to each other.

linked, of a herd: if 2 business operations are linked to each other, their respective herds are linked to each other.

livestock class means a subset of the herd corresponding to the age and gender divisions for beef cattle specified in the Herd Management Calculator.

monthly input day—see subsection (6) of Schedule 1.

monthly period—see subsection (5) of Schedule 1.

National Inventory Report means the most recently published document that is:

(a) known as the National Inventory Report; and

(b) prepared by the Department in fulfilment of obligations that Australia has under the Climate Change Convention.

non‑protein nitrogen means substances that are not proteins but can be converted into proteins by microbes in the ruminant stomach and includes urea, nitrates, biuret, and ammonia.

parent entity, of a business operation, means:

(a) if the business operation (whether or not it is itself an entity or group of entities) is only a part of a larger entity or a group of entities—the entity or group of entities of which it is a part; and

(b) otherwise—the business operation.

project activity—see subsection 17(1).

region means an area of Australia in which beef cattle farming is undertaken, as published in the National Inventory Report.

registered entity means an entity that is registered on the Australian Business Register under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.

relevant application, for a herd—see subsection 8(4).

Rule means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule 2015.

season means a 3 month period, grouped by calendar month in the following way: Spring (September, October and November); Summer (December, January and February); Autumn (March, April and May); and Winter (June, July and August).

section 22 application, in relation to a herd management project, means the application under section 22 of the Act for the declaration of the project as an eligible offsets project.

t CO2‑e means tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.

weighing group—see subsection 24(2).

Note: Other words and expressions used in this determination have the meaning given by the Act. These terms include:

Climate Change Convention

crediting period

eligible offsets project

emission

greenhouse gas

offsets project

offsets report

project

project proponent

reporting period