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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 12 Hansard (21 November) . . Page.. 4266 ..

Ozone Protection (Amendment) Bill 1996

Mr Speaker, the Ozone Protection Act 1991 was amended last year to give effect to aspects of the Revised Strategy for Ozone Protection in Australia. The Revised Strategy is a national policy developed under the auspices of the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council, a ministerial council of which the ACT is a member. The amendments were effected by the Ozone Protection (Amendment) Act 1995.

That amendment Act unfortunately contains an error which, if not corrected, will make it an offence, after 31 December 1996, to refill articles such as refrigeration units and air-conditioners with chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). This Bill will prevent the commencement of that amendment. This will mean that equipment containing CFC can continue to be serviced by a person holding a licence under the Ozone Protection Act.

This amendment will in no way reduce the obligation of a person servicing equipment containing CFCs to comply with a range of licence conditions designed to minimise the loss of CFCs into the atmosphere.

I commend the Bill to the Assembly.

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