Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OZONE PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACTR 1992 No. 46, 1992 - SECT 3

3. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

" 'base year' means:

   (a)  in relation to a stage-1 CFC or a halon - 1986; or

   (b)  in relation to a stage-2 CFC, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform
        or a transitional substance - 1989;
'carbon tetrachloride' means the substance referred to in Part III of Schedule
1, whether existing alone or in a mixture;
'feedstock' means an intermediate substance which is used to manufacture other
chemicals;
'methyl chloroform' means the substance referred to in Part IV of Schedule 1
(that is, 1,1,1-trichloroethane), whether existing alone or in a mixture;
'methyl chloroform quota' means a quota allocated or renewed under Part IV
that permits the manufacture or import of methyl chloroform;
'methyl chloroform quota period' means a methyl chloroform quota period as
defined in section 8;
'reduce', in relation to the size of a quota, includes reduce to nil;
'restricted licence' means a licence under section 16 that is subject to
conditions;
'stage-1 CFC' means a substance referred to in Division 1 of Part I of
Schedule 1, whether existing alone or in a mixture;
'stage-2 CFC' means a substance referred to in Division 2 of Part I of
Schedule 1, whether existing alone or in a mixture;
'stage-1 scheduled substance' means:

   (a)  a stage-1 CFC; or

   (b)  a halon;
'stage-2 scheduled substance' means:

   (a)  a stage-2 CFC; or

   (b)  carbon tetrachloride; or

   (c)  methyl chloroform;
'transitional substance' means a substance referred to in Annex C to the
Protocol, whether existing alone or in a mixture.";
(b) by inserting "stage-1" before "CFCs" in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the
definition of "quota activity" in subsection (1);

   (c)  by omitting "or" from the end of paragraph (d) of the definition of
        "quota activity" in subsection (1);
(d) by adding at the end of the definition of "quota activity" in subsection
(1) the following paragraphs:

"(f) the manufacture of stage-2 CFCs;

   (g)  the import of stage-2 CFCs;

   (h)  the manufacture of methyl chloroform; or

        (i)    the import of methyl chloroform;";
(e) by omitting "or a halon quota period" from the definition of "quota
period" in subsection (1) and substituting ", a halon quota period or a methyl
chloroform quota period".