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CARBON CREDITS (CARBON FARMING INITIATIVE) BILL 2011

                                  2010-2011



               THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




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            CARBON CREDITS (CARBON FARMING INITIATIVE) BILL 2011



                    SUPPLEMENTARY explanatory memorandum


             Amendments to be Moved on Behalf of the Government







Item 1  excluded projects


Item 1 makes a minor amendment to clause 56(2) to add to the list of
matters the Minister must have regard to when making a decision whether to
recommend to the Governor-General that regulations be made to exclude
certain types of sequestration or emissions avoidance projects that would
otherwise be eligible under the scheme.

Clause 56(2) requires the Minister to consider whether there is a
significant risk that a particular kind of project would have a significant
adverse impact on the availability of water, the conservation of
biodiversity, employment, or the local community in, or in the vicinity of,
the project area, or any of the project areas, for that kind of project.

The amendment would require the Minister to also consider whether there is
a significant risk that a particular kind of project would have a
significant adverse impact on land access for agricultural production in,
or in the vicinity of, the project area, or any of the project areas, for
that kind of project.







   (Circulated by authority of the Minister for Climate Change and Energy
                                 Efficiency,
                       the Honourable Greg Combet MP)