11Activities not to be conducted

11 Activities not to be conducted

 (1) Activities excluded by this section must not be conducted on land that is, or is to be, part of a CEA in the permanence obligation period for the project.

 (2) The following activities must not be conducted:

 (a) de-stocking of land under pasture, unless the land is converted to be a cropping system;

 (b) applying ineligible non-synthetic fertilisers;

 (c) the application of soil amendments containing coal;

 (d) the application of pyrolysised material that is not biochar.

 (3) After the completion of the baseline sampling round, land management activities must not disturb the soil any deeper than the sampling depth under section 19.

 (4)  Land management activities must not be conducted on hypersulfidic material that would result in one or more of the following:

 (a) drainage; 

 (b) physical disturbance;

 (c) the application of lime to the land.

Note: Project proponents may choose to exclude soils with hypersulfidic material (ie acid sulfate soils) from CEAs to avoid the risks of breaching this subsection.

 (5) An activity notified to the project proponent in writing by the Regulator under subsection (6) must not be conducted.

 (6) The Regulator may notify a project proponent of one or more activities that must not be conducted if:

 (a) the Regulator is satisfied that the activity is expected to result in the crediting of non-genuine carbon abatement; and

Note: Actions which directly or indirectly increase the value of View image in the official source or reduce the value of View image in the official sourceresult in additional crediting under the Act. Non-genuine carbon abatement could include activities which increase crediting under this Determination without a corresponding overall benefit from the removals or reduced emissions, such as through leakage.

 (b) the Regulator has consulted the project proponent on the need to make such a notification.