Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989

A controlled substances licence allows (subject to subsection (2A)) the licensee to do one of the following:

to carry out whichever one or more of the following activities is specified in it:

manufacture HCFCs;

import HCFCs;

export HCFCs;

to carry out whichever one or more of the following activities is specified in it:

manufacture methyl bromide;

import methyl bromide;

export methyl bromide;

to carry out whichever one or more of the following activities is specified in it:

manufacture SGGs;

import SGGs;

export SGGs.

A controlled substances licence does not apply to:

scheduled substances that are used substances; or

the import or manufacture of scheduled substances that are used exclusively as a feedstock.

An essential uses licence allows (subject to subsection (3A)) the licensee to carry out whichever one or more of the following activities is specified in it:

manufacture specified scheduled substances for essential uses;

import specified scheduled substances for essential uses;

export specified scheduled substances for essential uses.

An essential uses licence does not apply to:

scheduled substances that are used substances; or

scheduled substances that are used exclusively as a feedstock; or

methyl bromide; or

SGGs other than HFCs.

For paragraph (a), see subsection (4) (about used substances licences). For paragraph (b), see subsection (5) (about feedstock licences).

An essential use of a scheduled substance is an essential use identified in relation to the substance by a decision made by the parties to the Montreal Protocol that applies to Australia.

A used substances licence allows (subject to subsection (4A)) the licensee to carry out whichever of the following activities is specified in it:

import specified substances that are used substances;

export specified substances that are used substances.

A used substances licence does not apply to the import of used substances that are used exclusively as a feedstock.

A feedstock licence allows the licensee to carry out whichever one or more of the following activities is specified in it:

manufacture specified scheduled substances exclusively for use as a feedstock;

import specified scheduled substances exclusively for use as a feedstock.

An equipment licence allows the licensee to carry out whichever one or more of the following activities is specified in it:

manufacture specified ODS equipment;

import specified ODS equipment;

export specified ODS equipment;

manufacture specified SGG equipment;

import specified SGG equipment;

export specified SGG equipment.