Green Loans
Program guidelines
Part Three - Glossary
| Glossary | |
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| Accreditation | means recognition by an Accrediting Organisation that a person has satisfied all relevant requirements of the Scheme including undertaking to abide by the Assessor Code of Professional Practice. |
| Accreditation Number | means the identification number assigned to an Assessor on registration by an Accrediting Organisation. |
| Accrediting Organisation | means an organisation approved by the Department under the Protocol for Accrediting Organisations. |
| Accounting Standards | means standards of that name maintained by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (referred to in section 227 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth)) or other accounting standards which are generally accepted and consistently applied in Australia. |
| Advisers | means: (a) the financial or legal advisers of a party; and (b) the respective officers and employees of those financial or legal advisers. Assessment means a Home Sustainability Assessment. |
| Assessment Reference Number | means the identification number assigned when a booking is made for each Assessment under the Program. |
| Assessment Report | means a report provided under the Program, describing the Assessment findings, recommending actions, and providing details of where to get further services or information, which is generated in accordance with the Green Loans Program Assessor Procedures. |
| Assessment Report Date | means the date of issue printed on the Assessment Report. |
| Assessment Software | means any software provided by the Department for use in conducting Assessments, and available to Assessors on the Program Website as updated from time to time. |
| Assessor | means a person who is qualified and accredited to perform a Home Sustainability Assessment and who is on a Register of Assessors. |
| Assessor Code of Professional Practice | means the document that sets out the principles and standards of professional conduct and competence that Assessors must abide by in conducting Assessments under the Scheme, developed by the Department and available on the Program Website, as varied by the Department from time to time. |
| Assessor Contract | means an agreement between the Department and an Assessor under the Program, as varied by the Department from time to time. |
| Auditor | means a suitably qualified person commissioned by the Department to review the quality of Assessments and check that Assessors are abiding by the Code. |
| Australian Registered Charity | means any entity recognised by the Australian Taxation Office as being a charitable institution, having regard to the description in the 'Income tax guide for non-profit organisations' published by the Australian Taxation Office. |
| Business Day | means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or bank holiday in the place where the act is to be performed or where the notice is received. |
| Chief Auditor | means an Auditor appointed by the Department to co-ordinate audit services in relation to the quality of Assessments and Assessors. |
| Code | means the Assessor Code of Professional Practice. |
| Confidential Information | means information that is by its nature confidential or a party knows or ought to know is confidential, but does not include information that is or becomes public knowledge otherwise than by breach of a confidentiality obligation. |
| Department | means the Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. |
| Eligible Action | means any action recommended in the Assessment Report provided to the Householder. |
| Financial Institution | means an authorised deposit taking institution under the Banking Act 1959 (Cth) and recognised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). A list of authorised deposit taking institutions is available from APRA at www.apra.gov.au. |
| Glossary | means this document, as varied by the Department from time to time. Green Loan means a loan subsidised by the Department under the Program to assist a Householder to undertake Eligible Actions for their Home. |
| Green Loan Declaration | means a declaration in the form required by the Department from time to time which has been completed and signed by a person who is seeking a Green Loan. |
| Green Loans Information Service | means the telephone service established by the Department to provide information on the Program, available on 1800 895 076. |
| Green Loans Program Assessor Procedures | the procedures for Assessors participating in the Program, developed by the Department and available on the Program Website, as varied by the Department from time to time. |
| Green Loans Program Style Guide | means the promotional guide to marketing aspects of the Program developed by the Department and available on the Program Website, as varied by the Department from time to time. |
| GST Law | has the meaning given to it by section 195-1 of A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth). |
| Home | means a residential dwelling that is a principal place of residence. |
| Home Sustainability Assessment | means an energy use, water use and greenhouse gas emission assessment and calculation for a Home conducted in accordance with the Green Loans Program Assessor Procedures. |
| Household | means an individual, or a collection of individuals, living in a Home. |
| Householder | means an eligible person who requests an Assessment in respect of a Home. |
| Householder Declaration | means the declaration completed by the Householder prior to receiving an Assessment under the Program. |
| Householder Terms and Conditions | means the Householder Terms and Conditions document available on the Program Website, which sets out the terms and conditions of the agreement between the Department and each Householder in relation to the Householder's participation in the Program as varied by the Department from time to time. |
| Intellectual Property Rights | means all intellectual property rights, including the following rights: (a) patents, copyright, rights in circuit layouts, designs, trade marks (including goodwill in those marks) and domain names; (b) any application or right to apply for registration of any of the rights referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) all rights of a similar nature to any of the rights in paragraphs (a) and (b) which may subsist in Australia or elsewhere, whether or not such rights are registered or capable of being registered. |
| Law | means any applicable statute, regulation, by-law, ordinance or subordinate legislation in force from time to time in Australia, whether made by a State, a Territory, the Commonwealth, or a local government, and includes the common law and rules of equity as applicable from time to time. |
| Losses | means claims, liabilities, expenses, losses, damages and costs (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis, whether incurred by or awarded against a party). |
| National Administrator | means the Department. |
| Non Attendance | where the Assessor attends a Home to conduct an Assessment and the Householder is not available, or becomes unavailable, and less than 50% of the Assessment can be completed by the Assessor. |
| Non Attendance Fee | the fee applicable in the event of Non Attendance as described in the Schedule of Service Charges. |
| Online Booking System | means the Department's online Assessment booking facility for the Program located on the Program Website. |
| Personal Information | has the meaning it has in section 6 of the Privacy Act, which is currently: 'information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion.' |
| Phone Booking Service | means the Department's phone booking service for Assessments under the Program available on 1800 895 076. |
| Privacy Act | means the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). |
| Program | means the Department's Green Loans Program which gives effect to the Australian Government's 2008/09 Federal Budget announcement that funding would be available to assist Australian families to install solar, water saving and energy efficient products. |
| Program Guidelines | means the document that sets out the guidelines, eligibility criteria, conditions for participation and general information about the Program developed by the Department and available on the Program Website, as varied by the Department from time to time. |
| Program Website | means the website accessed through the following portal: www.environment.gov.au/greenloans |
| Protocol for Accrediting Organisations | means the document governing the operation of Accrediting Organisations developed by the Department and available on the Program Website, as varied by the Department from time to time. |
| Registered Training Organisation or RTO | means an organisation that provides Assessment training courses and meets the standards of the Australian Quality Training Framework: 2005 Standards for Registered Training Organisations available at http://www.dest.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/15CC7417-1804-4592-92FA-A86F582B30E5/10888/AQTF_2005_RTO_standards.pdf, as varied from time to time. |
| Register of Assessors | means a database of accredited persons under the Scheme maintained by an Accrediting Organisation. |
| Schedule of Service Charges | means the schedule of Service Charges for the Program developed by the Department and available on the Program Website, as varied by the Department from time to time. |
| Scheme | means the national home sustainability assessment scheme. |
| Self Assessment | means the answering or completion of a series of non-expert questions described in the Green Loans Program Assessor Procedures as the self assessment component of an Assessment under the Program |
| Self Assessment Fee | the fee applicable to an Assessor in the event of non- or insufficient completion of the Self Assessment by the Householder as described in the Schedule of Service Charges. |
| Service Charges | means the charges payable to an Assessor under the Assessor Contract in accordance with the Schedule of Service Charges as published by the Department from time to time and in effect at the date the Services are performed. |
| Services | means the services to be provided by the Assessor under the Assessor Contract, as specified in the Green Loans Program Assessor Procedures. |
| Subsidy Deed | means a deed between the Department and a Financial Institution in respect of the provision of Green Loans under the Program. |