Victorian Numbered Acts

CLIMATE CHANGE ACT 2010 (NO. 54 OF 2010) - SECT 66

See:
Act No.
8056.
Reprint No. 17
as at
7 May 2009
and amending
Act Nos
68/2009, 20/2010 and 29/2010.
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In section 4(1) of the Environment Protection Act 1970 —

        (a)     insert the following definition—

""greenhouse gas substance "means—

        (a)     carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide or sulphur hexafluoride, whether in a gaseous or liquid state; or

        (b)     a hydrofluorocarbon or a perfluorocarbon, whether in a gaseous or liquid state, that is specified in regulations made under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 of the Commonwealth;";

        (b)     in the definition of "waste", after paragraph (a) insert —

    "(ab)     any greenhouse gas substance emitted or discharged into the environment;".