Human-induced regeneration gateway audit requirements

On 3 May 2023, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy made a Direction to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) concerning the administration of human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects under the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme. Under the Direction, the CER will prioritise audits under section 215 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 (CFI Act) for the compliance of HIR projects submitting offsets reports subject to gateway checks.

These gateway checks were introduced in 2019 to support ongoing integrity of the HIR method and provide additional assurance that only eligible land is being issued Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs).

This guidance was updated in September 2025 to incorporate a revised risk-based approach to the s215 gateway audits. This update (V 2.0) supersedes the previous version.