40CRegulator to give liable entity estimate of current year’s required surrender amounts for first 3 quarters

#### 40C Regulator to give liable entity estimate of current year’s required surrender amounts for first 3 quarters (1) If a liable entity lodges an energy acquisition statement for a year before 1 April in the next year (the current year), the Regulator must, before 15 April in the current year, give the liable entity written notice of the amounts that the Regulator estimates will be the liable entity’s required surrender amounts under section 38AE for the first, second and third quarters of the current year. (2) In making an estimate under subsection (1), the Regulator is to disregard any determination made by the Regulator under section 38AF on or after 1 April in the current year. (3) An estimate given to a liable entity under this section: (a) does not in any way bind the Regulator, the Commonwealth or any other person; and (b) does not in any way affect the determination of the liable entity’s liability to small‑scale technology shortfall charge for a year.