Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011. The primary Act for Australian carbon credit units and offsets projects. The CER administers this Act. Section 47 allows disclosure of protected information after 7 years for the purpose of developing methodology determinations under that Act.
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. The framework for mandatory greenhouse gas and energy reporting by large facilities. The CER collects and publishes data under this Act.
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000. The small-scale and large-scale renewable energy certificate regimes. Enforcement by the CER under this Act has generated the most published case law referencing this Act.
Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Act 2024 and New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024. Recent additions to the CER's administered laws, reflecting expanding regulatory coverage of clean energy and vehicle emissions.
Nature Repair Act 2023. Biodiversity certificate scheme. Section 47A allows disclosure of protected information after 7 years for methodology development.
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. The CER is a listed entity under the PGPA Act. The Chair is the accountable authority. Members' interest disclosure obligations are specified in section 22 by reference to PGPA Act section 29.
Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014. The definition of "climate change law" includes the Regulatory Powers Act as applied by each of the administered Acts. Monitoring, investigation and civil penalty machinery is exercised under the Regulatory Powers Act framework in each administered Act.
Climate Change Act 2022. Australia's greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, as used in the definition in section 4, are by reference to the targets in paragraphs 10(1)(a) and (b) of the Climate Change Act.
Corporations Act 2001. Section 50(8) imports definitions from Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act for financial market-related disclosures.
Privacy Act 1988. Sections 47(3) and 47A(2) exclude personal information from the 7-year disclosure exemptions.