Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012 (No. 132). Country/Territory Australia Document type Legislation Date 2012 (2022) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to promote the development and adoption of products that use less energy and produce fewer greenhouse gases, and for related purposes. Subject Air & atmosphere, Energy Keyword Ozone layer Monitoring Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Environmental standards Emissions Standards Protection of environment Energy conservation/energy production Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Act, consisting of 177 sections divided into 11 Parts, establishes the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards aiming at promoting the development and adoption of products that use less energy and produce fewer greenhouse gases. The objects of this Act are: (a) to give effect to specific obligations that Australia has taken under the Climate Change Convention; 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. The Act is divided as follows: Preliminary (Part I); Key concepts (Part II); Requirements for suppliers and commercial users of GEMS products (Part III); GEMS determinations (Part IV); Registering models of GEMS products (Part V); The GEMS Regulator (Part VI); Monitoring and investigation (Part VII); Enforcement (Part VIII); Reviewing decisions (Part IX); Protecting information (Part X) Miscellaneous (Part XI). Full text English Website www.legislation.gov.au References - Legislation Amended by Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017 (No. 124 of 2017). Legislation | Australia | 2017 Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Inspection, Monitoring, Offences/penalties, Ozone layer, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment, Energy conservation/energy production, Pollution control, Climate change, Forest management/forest conservation, Timber extraction/logging, Timber, Access-to-information, Registration, Soil pollution/quality, Pesticides, PIC-prior informed consent Source: FAO, FAOLEX