Clean Energy Act 2011
18Default carbon pollution cap for a later flexible charge year
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18 Default carbon pollution cap for a later flexible charge year
Scope (1) This section applies if there are no regulations in effect that declare the carbon pollution cap, and the carbon pollution cap number, for a particular flexible charge year beginning on or after 1 July 2016. Carbon pollution cap (2) The carbon pollution cap for the flexible charge year is a quantity of greenhouse gas that has a carbon dioxide equivalence of a number of tonnes equal to the number worked out using the following formula: Image unavailable in extracted text Carbon pollution cap number (3) The number worked out using that formula is the carbon pollution cap number for the flexible charge year.