Clean Energy Act 2011
| Clean Energy Act 2011 | |
|---|---|
| Parliament of Australia | |
| |
| Citation | Clean Energy Act 2011 (Cth) |
| Passed by | House of Representatives |
| Passed | 12 October 2011 |
| Passed by | Senate |
| Passed | 8 November 2011 |
| Assented to by | Governor-General Dame Quentin Bryce |
| Assented to | 18 November 2011 |
| Commenced | 1 July 2012 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: House of Representatives | |
| Bill title | Clean Energy Bill 2011 |
| Bill citation | Clean Energy Bill 2011 |
| Introduced by | Julia Gillard |
| Introduced | 13 September 2011 |
| Committee responsible | Joint Select Committee on Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation |
| First reading | 13 September 2011 |
| Considered by the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation Committee | 7 October 2011 |
| Second reading | 11 October 2011 |
| Consideration in detail | 12 October 2011 |
| Third reading | 12 October 2011 |
| Second chamber: Senate | |
| Bill title | Clean Energy Act 2011 |
| Received from the House of Representatives | 12 October 2011 |
| Member(s) in charge | Joe Ludwig |
| First reading | 12 October 2011 |
| Second reading | 12 October 2011 |
| Committee of the whole | 8 November 2011 |
| Third reading | 8 November 2011 |
| Repealed by | |
| Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Act 2013 (Cth) | |
| Summary | |
| "Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill outlines the structure of, and process for the introduction of, the mechanism by providing for: entities and emissions covered by the mechanism; entities’ obligations to surrender eligible emissions units; limits on the number of eligible emissions units that will be issued; the nature of carbon units; allocation of carbon units; mechanisms to contain costs; linking to other emissions trading schemes; assistance for emissions-intensive, trade-exposed activities and coal-fired electricity generators; monitoring, investigation, enforcement and penalties; administrative review of decisions; and reviews of aspects of the mechanism." | |
| Status: Repealed | |
The Clean Energy Act 2011 was an Act of the Australian Parliament, the main Act in a package of legislation that established an Australian emissions trading scheme (ETS), to be preceded by a three-year period of fixed carbon pricing in Australia designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as part of efforts to combat global warming.
The package was introduced by the Gillard Labor government in February 2011 and was repealed by the Abbott government on 17 July 2014, backdated to 1 July 2014 with the passage of the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Act 2014.