Overview
The Government released an exposure draft of the amendment instrument on Friday 20 December 2019. Interested parties were invited to make written submissions. The submission period was open for 6 weeks, from Friday 20 December 2019 to Tuesday 28 January 2020.
Consultation documents
Exposure draft of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Amendment (Prescribed Production Variables) Rule 2020 [PDF 460KB] [DOCX 126KB]
Safeguard Mechanism: Prescribed production variables and default emissions intensities [PDF 1.42MB] [DOCX 200KB]
Watch the presentation video
Presentation on prescribed production variables and default emissions intensity values for the Safeguard Mechanism.
Outcomes
The National Greenhouse Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Amendment (Prescribed Production Variables) Rule 2020 came into force on 4 March 2020.
The amendment sets prescribed production variables and default emissions intensity values in the schedules to the Safeguard Rule. These default values can be used by Safeguard facilities to set baselines (or emissions limits) under the Safeguard Mechanism.
The amendment instrument implements the technical detail of the amendments made to the Safeguard Mechanism in March 2019.
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Exposure draft of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Amendment (Prescribed Production Variables) Rule 2020 458.6 KB (PDF document)
Exposure draft of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Amendment (Prescribed Production Variables) Rule 2020 125.3 KB (Office Word 2007 XML document)
Explanatory document 341.2 KB (PDF document)
Explanatory document 65.0 KB (Office Word 2007 XML document)
Safeguard Mechanism: Prescribed production variables and default emissions intensities 1.4 MB (PDF document)
Safeguard Mechanism: Prescribed production variables and default emissions intensities 198.1 KB (Office Word 2007 XML document)
Read the PDF version of the presentation video 1.3 MB (PDF document)
