Example statutory declaration - for systems that may be eligible for the 4x Solar Credits multiplier
If you install a small-scale solar panel, wind, or hydro system between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2011, and the contracts for the supply and installation were signed by 5 May 2011, your installation may be eligible for the 4x solar credits multiplier.
In order to receive this multiplier, and before you create STCs for an installation, under the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Regulations 2011 (No 3) you must supply at least one Statutory Declaration to the Clean Energy Regulator.
These sample statutory declarations outline all the statements that must be complied with before eligibility for the 4x solar credits multiplier.
Your statutory declarations must be witnessed by a person prescribed by the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 and Regulations. A list of these persons is set out in the suggested templates. A person who intentionally makes a false statement in a statutory declaration is guilty of an offence, the punishment for which is imprisonment for a term of 4 years - see section 11 of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959.
When completed, the signed document must be supplied to the Clean Energy Regulator as follows:
- Email to statdec@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au.
- Place your REC Registry account name (exactly as it appears in the REC Registry) and the date of certificate creation into the "subject" field.
- For eg:
The preferred option to submit the statutory declarations is via email to statdec@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au.
You must keep the original statutory declarations for a period of 5 years as they may be required at any time by the Clean Energy Regulator for the purposes of auditing.
For more information, please see the Solar Credits eligibility page, or the Solar Credits 4x multiplier transitional page.
Date last updated: 18 Apr 2012