5Definitions

#### 5 Definitions In this Act: > annual climate change statement means a statement under subsection 12(1). > Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets has the meaning given by section 10. > Australia’s nationally determined contribution means: (a) Australia’s current nationally determined contribution communicated in accordance with Article 4 of the Paris Agreement; or (b) if that nationally determined contribution has been adjusted in accordance with paragraph 11 of Article 4 of the Paris Agreement—that nationally determined contribution, as adjusted and in force from time to time. > Climate Change Secretary means the Secretary of the Department responsible for the administration of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. > designated large facility has the same meaning as in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. > Environment Minister means the Minister who administers the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. > expanded designated large facility: a facility is an expanded designated large facility for a financial year if: (a) the activity, or series of activities, that constitutes the facility is carried on to a greater extent in the financial year than in earlier financial years; or (b) during the financial year, an activity, or series of activities, is included in the activity, or series of activities, that constitutes the facility for the first time. > facility has the same meaning as in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. > net safeguard emissions, for a financial year, has the same meaning as in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. > new designated large facility, for a financial year, means a designated large facility for the financial year that was not a designated large facility for any previous financial year. > Paris Agreement means the Paris Agreement, done at Paris on 12 December 2015, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time. > Note: The Agreement is in Australian Treaty Series 2016 No. 24 (\[2016\] ATS 24) and could in 2022 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au). > safeguard emissions, for a financial year, has the same meaning as in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. > safeguard outcome has the same meaning as in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. > safeguard rules has the same meaning as in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. > scope 1 emission of greenhouse gas has the same meaning as in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007.