Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2006

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY MATTERS

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objects of Act
   4.      Act binds Crown
   5.      External Territories
   5A.     Numbering and notes

   PART 2 - INTERPRETATION

   6.      Application of Criminal Code
   7.      Definitions

   PART 3 - NATIONAL WELS SCHEME

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

   PART 4 - WELS PRODUCTS, STANDARDS AND LABELLING

   18.     WELS products
   19.     WELS standards
   20.     WELS-labelled

   PART 5 - WELS REGULATOR

   21.     Regulator
   22.     Functions of Regulator
   23.     Powers of Regulator
   24.     Arrangements with Agencies
   25.     Delegation

   PART 6 - REGISTRATION OF WELS PRODUCTS

   26.     Applying for registration
   27.     Documentation for application
   28.     Registration
   29.     Grounds for refusing to register
   30.     Period of registration
   31.     Cancelling or suspending registration

   PART 7 - OFFENCES RELATING TO SUPPLY OF WELS PRODUCTS

           Division 1 - Preliminary matters

   32.     Applicable WELS standard

           Division 2 - Registration and labelling

   33.     Registration requirement
   34.     Labelling registered products

           Division 3 - Minimum requirements for products required to be registered

   35.     Minimum water efficiency
   36.     Minimum general performance

           Division 4 - Misuse of WELS standards

   37.     Misuse of WELS standards and information
   38.     Information inconsistent with WELS standards
   39.     Using information for supply of products

           Division 5 - Extensions of criminal responsibility

   39A.    False or misleading information or document

   PART 8 - OTHER ENFORCEMENT MATTERS

           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 4 - Injunctions

   44.     Injunctions

   PART 9 - WELS INSPECTORS

           Division 1 - Appointment of WELS inspectors

   45.     Regulator may appoint WELS inspectors
   46.     Identity cards
   46A.    Offences in relation to WELS inspectors

           Division 2 - Powers of WELS inspectors

   47.     Purposes for powers
   48.     Inspection powers - public areas of WELS business premises
   49.     Inspection powers - with consent
   50.     Refusing consent not an offence
   51.     Inspection powers - with warrant
   52.     Announcement before entry under warrant
   53.     Giving copy of warrant to occupier
   54.     Occupier must assist inspector
   55.     Seizing or securing evidential material
   56.     Holding evidential material for more than 90 days
   57.     Returning evidential material

           Division 3 - Warrants for entering WELS premises

   58.     Ordinary warrants
   59.     Warrants by telephone, fax and other electronic means

           Division 4 - Giving information to WELS inspectors

   60.     Person having WELS information
   61.     Regulator may require person to give information
   62.     Regulator may require person to appear before WELS inspector
   62A.    False or misleading information or documents

           Division 5 - Privilege against self-incrimination

   63.     Privilege against self-incrimination not affected

   PART 10 - MONEY

           Division 1 - WELS Account

   64.     Establishment of Account
   65.     Credits to Account
   66.     Purpose of Account

           Division 2 - Fees

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

   PART 11 - REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   69.     Reviewable decision and affected person
   70.     Notification of decisions and review rights
   71.     Internal review
   72.     Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal

   PART 12 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

   73.     Compensation for damage to electronic equipment
   74.     Acquisition on just terms
   75.     Annual report
   76.     Review of WELS scheme
   77.     Regulations