Senate debates

Monday, 30 November 2009

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]

In Committee

12:02 pm

Photo of Ian MacdonaldIan Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, I want to go back to the domestic offsets that I was talking about before. I refer you to paragraph 4.68 on page 37 of the explanatory memorandum. It says:

The Minister must not make or amend a determination unless advised to do so by the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee …

I then refer you to the next paragraph, 4.69:

The Minister may revoke a determination at any time, without obtaining advice from the Committee …

So, in repeating that, paragraph 4.68 says the minister must not make or amend a determination unless advised by the committee and, in the next clause, the minister may revoke a determination without obtaining the advice of the committee. They seem to be directly contradictory. Am I misreading that? I would appreciate the minister’s guidance.

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