Clause 27
Periodic reporting of energy use, etc.
(1)
Every registered corporation shall, within the period and in the manner prescribed, prepare and submit to the Director-General in accordance with subsection (2), a report relating to the —
energy consumption;
energy production; and
greenhouse gas emissions,from the operation of any business activity or premises or part thereof under the operational control of the registered corporation during a prescribed period.
(2)
A report under subsection (1) shall —
be in such form as may be provided by the Director-General;
contain data on the required information computed in accordance with such method as may be prescribed or any method which meets such criteria as may be prescribed; and
contain such other information as may be prescribed.
(3)
The Director-General may, in respect of any incomplete or inaccurate report from a registered corporation, in writing direct the registered corporation to do the following within the period specified in the direction:
to carry out such rectifications or re-computation as the Director-General may require; and
to re-submit the report.
(4)
Any registered corporation which —
fails to submit or re-submit a report under this section within the period delimited under this section, or within such extended time as the Director-General may allow in any particular case;
fails to comply with any direction given by the Director-General under subsection (3)(a); or
submits a false or misleading report,shall be guilty of an offence.