Clean Energy Act 2011

Clean Energy Act 2011
Parliament of Australia
Long title A Bill for an Act to encourage the use of clean energy, and for other purposes
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Repealed by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."[1]
Status: Repealed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^[2] as part of efforts to combat global warming.^[3]

The package was introduced by the Gillard Labor government in February 2011 and was repealed by the Abbott government on 17 July 2014, backdated to 1 July 2014.