Definitions
4 Definitions
In this Act:
agreement includes a contract or deed.
appointed member means a Board member appointed under section 30.
ARENA: see Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
ARENA’s money: see section 67.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian Renewable Energy Agency or ARENA means the body established by section 7.
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets means:
if:
Australia’s current nationally determined contribution was communicated in accordance with Article 4 of the Paris Agreement in June 2022; and
that nationally determined contribution has not been adjusted in accordance with paragraph 11 of Article 4 of the Paris Agreement;
the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets set out in paragraphs 10(1)(a) and (b) of the Climate Change Act 2022; or
in any other case—the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets included in:
Australia’s current nationally determined contribution communicated in accordance with Article 4 of the Paris Agreement; or
if that nationally determined contribution has been adjusted in accordance with paragraph 11 of Article 4 of the Paris Agreement—that nationally determined contribution, as adjusted and in force from time to time.
Board means the Board of ARENA.
Board member means a member of the Board.
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of ARENA.
Chair means the Chair of the Board.
Climate Change Convention means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change done at New York on 9 May 1992, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
The text of the Convention is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1994 No. 2 ([1994] ATS 2). In 2011, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).
constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
Deputy Chair means the Deputy Chair of the Board.
electrification technologies means:
technologies that use electricity and replace technologies that use fossil fuels; or
technologies that facilitate the replacement of technologies that use fossil fuels with technologies that use electricity.
energy efficiency technologies includes:
energy conservation technologies; and
demand management technologies; and
technologies (including enabling technologies) that are related to energy efficiency technologies.
Finance Minister means the Minister who administers the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
financial assistance means:
grants; or
any other kinds of assistance specified by the Minister by legislative instrument for the purpose of this paragraph.
non‑Commonwealth money means money that ARENA receives from a person other than the Commonwealth.
Paris Agreement means the Paris Agreement, done at Paris on 12 December 2015, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
The Agreement is in Australian Treaty Series 2016 No. 24 ([2016] ATS 24) and could in 2022 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
renewable energy technologies includes:
hybrid technologies; and
technologies (including enabling technologies) that are related to renewable energy technologies.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
vacancy, in relation to the office of an appointed member, has a meaning affected by subsection 33(4).
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