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“excluded GHG emission” means any GHG emission that is—

(a) a greenhouse gas specified in the first column of Part 3 of the Second Schedule; and
(b) emitted in the circumstances described in the second column of Part 3 of that Schedule opposite the greenhouse gas;

“first emissions threshold” means the first emissions threshold specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule;

“GHG emission”, in relation to any business facility, means any greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere directly from the business facility;

“greenhouse gas” means any greenhouse gas specified in the first column of the First Schedule and having the chemical formula specified in the second column of that Schedule opposite the greenhouse gas;

“monitoring plan” includes a monitoring plan that is revised under section 13(4), except in section 12(3)(a);

“non-reckonable GHG emission” means any GHG emission that is—

(a) a greenhouse gas specified in the first column of Part 2 of the Second Schedule; and
(b) emitted in the circumstances described in the second column of Part 2 of that Schedule opposite the greenhouse gas;

“public authority” means—

(a) an Organ of State or a public officer of the Organ of State;
(b) a ministry or department of the Government or a public officer of the ministry or department; or
(c) a public authority established under any public Act for a public purpose or an officer or an employee of the public authority;