Our compliance and enforcement priorities identify particular areas of focus in each of the schemes we administer. We share them to increase voluntary scheme compliance and identify areas for improvement.

We also publish quarterly updates on emerging compliance and enforcement issues, including:

  • recent court decisions
  • issues brought to our attention
  • trends in compliance outcomes.

Current compliance and enforcement priorities

Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme

  • ACCU project applications must be complete, accurate and on time  
  • Project notifications must be timely

Nature Repair Market scheme

  • Participants must understand the scheme rules and method requirements and applications must be accurate and complete

National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme and Safeguard Mechanism

  • All Safeguard facilities’ net emissions must be at or below baselines by 31 March
  • All NGER Reports must be complete, accurate and on time

Renewable Energy Target (RET) Scheme

  • Installers and retailers must provide true and correct written statements for small-scale technology certificate (STC) claims

Residential Batteries into the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES)

  • Battery installations must be compliant

Audit

  • Auditors must meet their obligations
Read our compliance and enforcement priorities for 2025–26