Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

LLISTER (—) (): I think the best way of answering this is to refer you to the provisions in the act, which set out the test that the environment minister would apply. It is this: if in a financial year the environment minister approves the taking of an action for the purpose of a controlling provision within the meaning of the act; and the environment minister is satisfied that the action is likely to result in an increase in the financial year or future financial years of scope 1 emissions of greenhouse gases from the operation of a designated large facility for the financial year or a new designated large facility for the financial year or a future financial year; and the environment minister has been given an estimate of the scope 1 emissions of greenhouse gases from the taking of the action in one or more financial years, they must give that estimate to the minister, the climate change secretary and the Climate Change Authority as soon as practicable. It's the passing on of that information that then triggers a consideration by the minister, or indeed any of those entities—the minister, the Climate Change Authority or the secretary—of whether any additional action is required.