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Clean Energy Act 2008.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Queensland
Document type
Legislation
Date
2008 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to improve the efficiency and management of energy use, and the conservation of energy, by particular businesses and other activities, and to amend the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999, the Electricity Act 1994, the Mineral Resources Act 1989, the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999, the Petroleum Act 1923 and the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 for particular purposes.
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Access-to-information Basic legislation Energy conservation/energy production Environmental audit Environmental planning Internal trade Offences/penalties Policy/planning
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

The main object of this Act is to improve the efficiency and management of the use of energy, and the conservation of energy, in relation to particular businesses and other activities. The regulator is the chief executive and he may give an energy provider a written notice requiring the provider to give the regulator the name and address of, and the amount of energy used by, any customer the energy provider has supplied with 10 terajoules or more of energy, but less than 500 terajoules of energy, at the site of the customer, in the 1 year period stated in the notice. The regulator must keep a register, the Smart Energy Savings Register and each registered participating business must carry out an energy audit no later than 12 months after the end of each verification year for the participating business and give the regulator an energy savings plan.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.qld.gov.au

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Electricity Act 1994.

Legislation | Australia | 1994 (2018)

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Authorization/permit, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX