Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012 (No. 132).

This Act, consisting of 177 sections divided into 11 Parts, establishes the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards aiming at promoting the development and adoption of products that use less energy and produce fewer greenhouse gases. The objects of this Act are: (a) to give effect to specific obligations that Australia has taken under the Climate Change Convention; and (b) to promote the development and adoption of products that: (i) use less energy; or (ii) produce fewer greenhouse gases; or (iii) contribute to reducing the amount of energy used, or greenhouse gases produced, by other products. The Act is divided as follows: Preliminary (Part I); Key concepts (Part II); Requirements for suppliers and commercial users of GEMS products (Part III); GEMS determinations (Part IV); Registering models of GEMS products (Part V); The GEMS Regulator (Part VI); Monitoring and investigation (Part VII); Enforcement (Part VIII); Reviewing decisions (Part IX); Protecting information (Part X) Miscellaneous (Part XI).