8Specifying herds of the project

8 Specifying herds of the project

Herd to be identified by specifying business operation

(1) In the section 22 application, the project proponent must specify at least one herd of the project by specifying the business operation to which it relates.

(2) At least one herd specified in the section 22 application must be a full data herd.

(3) The project proponent may also apply to the Regulator in writing for a herd that relates to another specified business operation to be a herd of the project.

Note: This subsection allows the project proponent to add a herd after the project has started, but doing this does not change the crediting period for the project.

Assessment day to be specified

(4) For each herd, the relevant section 22 application or application under subsection (3) in relation to the herd (the relevant application for the herd) must specify a day of the calendar year to be the assessment day for the herd.

Note: The assessment day for the herd sets the annual cycles for measurement of abatement. It 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 6 weeks before or after the day. Different herds of the project may have different assessment days.

(5) The project proponent may change the assessment day for a herd by specifying a new assessment day in the first offsets report relating to the herd.

Other information required in application

(6) The relevant application must also include the following information for each herd and its related business operation:

(a) if the business operation consists of a registered entity or group of entities—details of the entity or entities;

(b) if the business operation does not consist of a registered entity or a group of registered entities—a description of the business operation, including how it satisfies the separate business requirement under subsection 10(3);

(c) if the business operation is different from its parent entity— details of the entity or entities that make up the parent entity;

(d) if the entity or entities making up the business operation or its parent entity have changed since the beginning of the emissions intensity reference period—a description of the changes and details of all the entities;

(e) the baseline reference day for the herd for the purposes of subsection 16(1);

(f) the number of cattle in the herd on the baseline reference day;

(g) the years constituting the emissions intensity reference period for the herd;

(h) the land on which the cattle of the herd grazed in each year of the emissions intensity reference period, other than under an arm’s length agistment arrangement;