Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001

For section 17 of the Act, biomass from a plantation is not an energy crop unless all of the following apply to it:

it must be a product of a harvesting operation (including thinnings and coppicing) approved under relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory planning and approval processes;

it must be biomass from a plantation that is managed in accordance with:

a code of practice approved for a State under the Export Control (Wood and Woodchips) Rules 2021; or

if a code of practice has not been approved for a State as required under subparagraph (i), Australian Standard AS 4708—2007—The Australian Forestry Standard;

it must be taken from land that was not cleared of native vegetation after 31 December 1989 to establish the plantation.

For section 17 of the Act, biomass from a native forest is not an energy crop.