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Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995
900Periodic reports by manufacturers, importers and exporters of scheduled substances and equipment
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#### 900 Periodic reports by manufacturers, importers and exporters of scheduled substances and equipment
(1) For the purposes of subsection 46(1) of the Act, a report given by a person to the Minister, must be prepared in accordance with this regulation.
(2) The person must keep a copy of the report for 5 years from the date the report is submitted to the Minister.
(3) The report must state the following:
(a) the name and address of the person;
(b) the combination of numbers, letters or symbols used to provide a unique identifier for the licence (if any) granted to the person under section 16 of the Act;
(c) the reporting period to which the report relates;
(d) the information required by the following table.
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:404.8pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Information to be included in report</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:179.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>If the person carries out the following activity during the reporting period …</span></p></td><td style="width:179.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>the report must include the following information …</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:179.15pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>manufacturing, importing or exporting a scheduled substance</span></p></td><td style="width:179.15pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) each kind of scheduled substance (see subsection</span><span> </span><span>(4)) that the person manufactured, imported or exported during the reporting period;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) for each of those kinds of scheduled substances that the person manufactured, imported or exported during the reporting period:</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(i) the total amount, in metric tonnes, of the kind of scheduled substance so manufactured, imported or exported for any purpose; and</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(ii) the total amount, in metric tonnes, of the kind of scheduled substance so manufactured, imported or exported for use as feedstock</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:179.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>importing SGG equipment</span></p></td><td style="width:179.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the categories of SGG equipment mentioned in subregulation</span><span> </span><span>(5) that the person imported during the reporting period;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) for each of those categories of equipment—the total number of units of the equipment that the person imported during the reporting period;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) for each of those categories of equipment—the total amount, in metric tonnes, of each kind of scheduled substance (see subsection</span><span> </span><span>(4)) that is:</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(i) an HFC, nitrogen trifluoride, a PFC or sulfur hexafluoride; and</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(ii) contained in the equipment in that category that the person imported during the reporting period</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:179.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext0"><span>manufacturing or importing ODS equipment</span></p></td><td style="width:179.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the categories of ODS equipment mentioned in subregulation</span><span> </span><span>(6) that the person manufactured or imported during the reporting period;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the kinds of scheduled substances (see subsection</span><span> </span><span>(4)) contained in that equipment;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) for each of those kinds of scheduled substances—the total amount, in metric tonnes, of the kind of scheduled substance contained in that equipment</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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(4) For the purposes of column 2 of the table in subregulation (3), a substance mentioned in an item of a table in Schedule 1 to the Act is taken to be a different kind of scheduled substance to a substance mentioned in another item of a table in that Schedule.
(5) For the purposes of column 2 of item 2 of the table in subregulation (3), the categories of SGG equipment are as follows:
(a) commercial use air‑conditioning excluding heat pumps;
(b) domestic use air‑conditioning excluding heat pumps;
(c) motor vehicle, watercraft or aircraft air‑conditioning;
(d) commercial or domestic use heat pumps;
(e) commercial use refrigeration;
(f) domestic use refrigeration;
(g) motor vehicle, watercraft or aircraft refrigeration;
(h) expanding polyurethane foam aerosols;
(i) food, household and personal use aerosols;
(j) industrial, safety or technical use aerosols excluding fire protection equipment mentioned in paragraph (q) or (r);
(k) metered dose inhalers;
(l) novelty use aerosols or any other aerosol not mentioned in paragraphs (h) to (k);
(m) consumer goods not mentioned in paragraphs (h) to (l);
(n) electrical switchgear;
(o) components and parts that contain SGG equipment;
(p) medical, scientific, or electrical equipment not mentioned in any other paragraph;
(q) fixed systems and components for fire protection not mentioned in any other paragraph;
(r) portable extinguishers for fire protection not mentioned in any other paragraph.
(6) For the purposes of column 2 of item 3 of the table in subregulation (3), the categories of ODS equipment are as follows:
(a) dry cleaning machinery;
(b) automotive air‑conditioning maintenance kits;
(c) extruded polystyrene packaging and insulation;
(d) aerosol equipment;
(e) equipment containing halon;
(f) rigid polyurethane foam equipment;
(g) moulded flexible polyurethane foam;
(h) disposable containers of CFCs;
(i) refrigeration and air‑conditioning equipment containing CFCs;
(j) refrigeration and air‑conditioning equipment containing HCFCs.