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WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2006

Table of Provisions

PART 1 -- Preliminary  

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

PART 2 -- Interpretation  

  • 6 Application of the Criminal Code
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  • 7 Definitions

PART 3 -- National WELS scheme  

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

PART 4 -- WELS products and WELS standards  

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

PART 5 -- The WELS Regulator  

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

PART 6 -- Registration of WELS products  

  • 26 Applying for registration
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  • 27 Documentation etc. to be provided with application for registration
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  • 28 Registration of products
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  • 29 Grounds for refusing to register
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  • 30 Period of registration
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  • 31 Cancelling or suspending registration

PART 7 -- Offences relating to the supply of WELS products

Division 1 -- Applicable WELS standards  

  • 32 Meaning of applicable WELS standard

Division 2 -- Registration and labelling  

  • 33 Registration requirement
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  • 34 Labelling registered products

Division 3 -- Minimum efficiency and performance requirements  

  • 35 Minimum water efficiency -- products required to be registered
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  • 36 Minimum general performance -- products required to be registered

Division 4 -- Misuse of WELS standards etc.  

  • 37 Misuse of WELS standards and information
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  • 38 Information inconsistent with WELS standards
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  • 39 Using information in the supply of products

Division 5 -- False or misleading information or document  

  • 39A False or misleading information or document

PART 8 -- Other enforcement

Division 1 -- Infringement notices  

  • 40 Infringement notices
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  • 40A Content of notice
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  • 40B Extension of time
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  • 40C Withdrawal of notice
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  • 40D Benefit of paying modified penalty
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  • 40E Application of penalties collected
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  • 40F Production of identity card

Division 2 -- Publicising offences  

  • 41 Regulator may publicise offences

Division 3 -- Enforceable undertakings  

  • 42 Acceptance of undertakings
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  • 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
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  • 46 Identity cards
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  • 46A Offences in relation to WELS inspectors

Division 2 -- Powers of WELS inspectors  

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

Division 3 -- Applying for warrants to enter WELS premises  

  • 58 Ordinary warrants
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  • 59 Warrants by telephone, fax or other electronic means

Division 4 -- Giving WELS information to WELS inspectors  

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

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

Division 2 -- Charging fees and recovering fees and other amounts  

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

PART 11 -- Review of decisions  

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

PART 12 -- Miscellaneous  

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

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