Malaysia legislation
Section 4
of ENVIRONMENT (REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSION) ORDINANCE, 2023
Section 4
The Minister, with the approval of Majlis Mesyuarat
Kerajaan Negeri, shall be responsible for developing and formulating policies and strategies for:
(a)
reduction or abatement of greenhouse gas emission in the State from activities or projects related to the use or occupation of land, forests and in waters within the territory of the State;
(b)
mitigating the effects of climate change in the State;
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(c)
decarbonization and transition towards a low carbon solutions in the State towards attaining net zero carbon emissions;
(d)
the provision of incentives or other rewards and the issuance of Carbon Credit Units for activities or projects undertaken in accordance with this Ordinance or other State law for the capture and the storage of greenhouse gases; and
(e)
promotion of energy saving through the production and use of solar power and measures to be taken to improve or attain high energy performance rating for non-domestic buildings or dwellings.
Registration of persons and business entities undertaking activities in the scheduled economic sectors 5.⎯(1) All persons or business entities undertaking any of the activities in the scheduled economic sectors, shall within ninety days of the coming into force of this Ordinance register with the Controller in the prescribed form.
(2)
A Register of all persons and business entities registered under subsection (1) shall be maintained at the principal office of the
Board and the Register may be inspected by any person upon payment of administrative charges as may be determined by the Board.
(3)
Where any person or business entity fails or neglects to register with the Controller pursuant to subsection (1), he shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or imprisonment not exceeding one year or, to both.
Submission of Carbon Emission Report 6.⎯(1) Any person undertaking any of the economic activities on land, water and forest areas in the State which belong to any of the scheduled economic sectors shall, within ninety days from the date of the registration under section 5, submit to the Controller, a report on the carbon equivalent emission level resulting from the economic activities undertaken by him (referred to in this section as a “carbon emission report”).
(2)
A carbon emission report shall comply with the accounting and reporting standards in the latest edition of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
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published by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World Resources Institute or any other accounting and reporting standards as may be approved by the Controller and comply with the
Scope of reporting of GHG emission level to be determined by the
Board in accordance with rules made under section 57 and without prejudice to the foregoing shall contain the following:
(a)
Greenhouse Gas emission level based on the Scope determined by the Board, as at the date of the report;
(b)
application or adaptation of low carbon solutions to reduce emission level to the carbon emission threshold stipulated pursuant to section 8;
(c)
if GHG has been captured and stored, the volume of
GHG captured and stored; and
(d)
any other relevant information, data or document which the Controller deems necessary.
(3)
The Controller may require a carbon emission report required under this section to be verified by an accredited external auditor.
(4)
Any person who fails or neglects to submit a carbon emission report required under this section or a report which contains any information or particulars which is false shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or to both.
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