Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989

A regulated HFC activity is the manufacture or import of HFCs under an SGG licence.

A licence is not required for the manufacture or import of HFCs and other SGGs in certain circumstances, or for certain purposes, prescribed by the regulations: see subsections 13(2) and 13AA(2).

This Part does not apply to the import or export of HFCs for use on board ships or aircraft in certain circumstances: see section 12B.

For the purposes of this Act, the quantity of HFCs that is taken to be involved in regulated HFC activities engaged in by an SGG licensee in a period is the greater of the amount worked out using the following formula and nil:

For the purposes of subsection (2), the quantity of HFCs exported by an SGG licensee in a period is taken not to include any quantity exported under a direction given to the licensee under section 36H (direction to export HFCs if quota exceeded).