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Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012
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#### 4 Objects of this Act
The objects of this Act are:
(a) to give effect to certain obligations that Australia has under the Climate Change Convention; and
(aa) to give effect to certain obligations that Australia has under the Paris Agreement; and
(ab) to facilitate the operation of an intergovernmental scheme involving the Commonwealth and one or more other participating jurisdictions in relation to equipment energy efficiency; and
(ac) to promote improved energy performance through better energy use and management of the demand put on the energy system; and
(b) to promote the development and adoption of products that:
(i) use less energy; or
(ii) produce fewer greenhouse gases; or
(iii) contribute to reducing the amount of energy used, or greenhouse gases produced, by other products.