WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2005

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 3 Objects of Act  
• 4 Act to bind the Crown  
• 5 External Territories  

PART 2--INTERPRETATION

• 6 Application of the Criminal Code  
• 7 Definitions  
• 7A Meaning of supply  

PART 3--NATIONAL--WELS SCHEME

• 8 WELS scheme to be a national cooperative scheme  
• 9 Application of this Act  
• 10 Relationship between this Act and other Commonwealth laws  
• 11 State and Territory laws may operate concurrently  
• 12 Meaning of corresponding State - Territory law  
• 13 Commonwealth consent to conferral of functions etc. on the Regulator or inspectors by corresponding State - Territory laws  
• 14 How duty is imposed by corresponding State - Territory laws  
• 15 When a corresponding State - Territory law imposes a duty  
• 16 No doubling - up of liabilities  
• 17 Review of decisions under corresponding State - Territory laws  

PART 4--WELS--PRODUCTS AND WELS STANDARDS

• 18 WELS products  
• 19 WELS standards  
• 20 Meaning of WELS - labelled  

PART 5--THE--WELS REGULATOR

• 21 The Regulator  
• 22 Functions of the Regulator  
• 23 Powers of the Regulator  
• 24 Arrangements with other agencies  
• 25 Delegation  

PART 6--REGISTRATION--OF WELS PRODUCTS

• 26 Registration of WELS products  

PART 7--OFFENCES--AND CIVIL PENALTIES RELATING TO THE WELS SCHEME

Division 1--Applicable WELS standards

• 32 Meaning of applicable WELS standard  

Division 2--Registration and labelling

• 32A False or misleading information or documents  
• 33 Supply of unregistered WELS products  
• 34 Supply of WELS products that are not WELS - labelled  

Division 3--Minimum efficiency and performance requirements

• 35 Minimum water efficiency  
• 36 Minimum general performance  

Division 4--Misuse of WELS standards etc.

• 37 Misuse of WELS standards and information  
• 37A WELS - labelling products that are not WELS products  
• 38 Information inconsistent with WELS standards  
• 39 Using information in the supply of products  

PART 8--OTHER--ENFORCEMENT

Division 1--Infringement notices

• 40 Infringement notices  

Division 2--Publicising offences

• 41 Regulator may publicise offences  

Division 3--Enforceable undertakings

• 42 Acceptance of undertakings  
• 43 Enforcement of undertakings  

Division 3A--Compliance audits

• 43A Compliance audits  

Division 3B--Remedial action

• 43B Remedial action  

Division 4--Injunctions

• 44 Injunctions  

PART 8A--CIVIL--PENALTY ORDERS

Division 1--Obtaining a civil penalty order

• 44A Civil penalty orders  
• 44B Civil enforcement of penalty  
• 44C Conduct contravening more than one civil penalty provision  
• 44D Multiple contraventions  
• 44E Proceedings may be heard together  
• 44F Civil evidence and procedure rules for civil penalty orders  
• 44G Contravening a civil penalty provision is not an offence  

Division 2--Civil proceedings and criminal proceedings

• 44H Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings  
• 44J Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings  
• 44K Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings  
• 44L Evidence given in civil proceedings not admissible in criminal proceedings  

Division 3--Miscellaneous

• 44M Ancillary contravention of civil penalty provisions  
• 44N Continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions  
• 44P Mistake of fact  
• 44Q State of mind  

PART 9--WELS--INSPECTORS

Division 1--Appointment of WELS inspectors

• 45 Regulator may appoint WELS inspectors  
• 46 Identity cards  

Division 2--Powers of WELS inspectors

• 47 Purposes for which powers can be used  
• 48 Inspection powers--public areas of WELS business premises  
• 49 Inspection powers--with consent  
• 50 Refusing consent is not an offence  
• 51 Inspection powers--with warrant  
• 52 Announcement before entry under warrant  
• 53 Copy of warrant to be given to occupier  
• 54 Occupier must provide inspector with facilities and assistance  
• 55 Seizing or securing evidential material  
• 56 Holding evidential material for more than 90 days  
• 57 Returning evidential material  

Division 3--Applying for warrants to enter WELS premises

• 58 Ordinary warrants  
• 59 Warrants by telephone, fax etc.  

Division 4--Giving WELS information to WELS inspectors

• 60 Meaning of person who has WELS information  
• 61 Regulator may require a person to provide information  
• 62 Regulator may require a person to appear before a WELS inspector  

Division 5--Privilege against self-incrimination

• 63 Privilege against self - incrimination not affected  

PART 10--MONEY

Division 1--The WELS Account

• 64 WELS Account  
• 65 Credits to the WELS Account  
• 66 Purpose of the WELS Account  

Division 2--Charging fees etc.

• 67 Regulator may charge for services  
• 68 Recovery of amounts  

PART 11--REVIEW--OF DECISIONS

• 69 Meaning of reviewable decision and affected person  
• 70 Notification of decisions and review rights  
• 71 Internal review  
• 72 Review of decisions by Administrative Appeals Tribunal  

PART 12--MISCELLANEOUS

• 73 Compensation for damage to electronic equipment  
• 74 Compensation for acquisition of property  
• 75 Annual report  
• 76 Review of operation of WELS scheme  
• 77 Regulations