Malaysia legislation
Section 3
of ENVIRONMENT (REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSION) ORDINANCE, 2023
Section 3
“Carbon Register” means:-
⎯(1) This Ordinance shall apply to:
(a)
the scheduled economic sectors specified in the First
Schedule;
(b)
the activity of voluntary reduction or abatement, capture and storage of greenhouse gas towards Emissions Reductions of such gases into the atmosphere by any process carried out in any facility on land whether onshore or offshore of Sarawak;
(c)
the activity of promoting and regulating the energy transition toward green, renewable energy and adaptation of low carbon solutions; and
(d)
the issuance of Carbon Credit Units for any activity or project to capture and store greenhouse gases undertaken in accordance with the State law in Sarawak and the registration, trading, retirement and cancellation of such Carbon Credit Units.
(2)
The compliance with this Ordinance shall not relieve any person or economic sector from compliance or observance of any other laws relating to environmental quality or climate change which are in force in Sarawak.
(3)
This Ordinance shall be read together with the Land (Carbon
Storage) Rules, 2022 [Swk. L.N.349/2022] and the Forests (Forest
Carbon Activity) Rules, 2022 [Swk. L.N. 350/2022] in so far as these latter Rules are applicable.