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Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989
9AQuantities expressed in CO2e megatonnes
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#### 9A Quantities expressed in CO2e megatonnes
(1) A reference in this Act to CO2e megatonnes, in relation to an HFC, is a reference to the quantity of the HFC that results from multiplying its mass in megatonnes by its 100‑year global warming potential.
(2) If a substance is or contains a mixture of 2 or more HFCs, the quantity of the substance, expressed in CO2e megatonnes, is the quantity that results from adding together the quantities of each of those HFCs, expressed in CO2e megatonnes.