Carbon Pricing Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Carbon Pricing
22. Advance assessments
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Despite section 21, where the Agency is notified that a registered person will cease, or is otherwise of the opinion that a registered person has ceased or is likely to cease, to have operational control over a taxable facility, the Agency may, to the best of the Agency’s judgment, assess the matters mentioned in section 21(1) for the taxable facility in relation to any emissions year for which the Agency has not issued an assessment under section 21(1) or (2) for the taxable facility.
Agency
“Agency” means the National Environment Agency established by the National Environment Agency Act 2002;
In making an assessment under subsection (1), the Agency may have regard to any verified emissions report (whether or not approved by the Agency) previously submitted to the Agency for the taxable facility.
verified emissions report
“verified emissions report” means an emissions report verified under section 12.
Where, in relation to a business facility that is a taxable facility, no verified emissions report for the business facility as a taxable facility is available for the purpose of subsection (2), the Agency may have regard to —
taxable facility
“taxable facility” means a business facility that is registered as a taxable facility under section 7;
emissions reports submitted for the business facility as a reportable facility;
energy use reports submitted under the Energy Conservation Act 2012 for the business facility; or
any other document which may assist the Agency in determining or estimating the total amount of reckonable GHG emissions of the business facility as a taxable facility for the emissions year in question.