Northern Territory Numbered Acts

WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2006 (NO 30 OF 2006)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS

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

   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

   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  

           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  

           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