WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2006
Table of Provisions
PART 1 -- Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Objects of Act
- 4 Act to bind the Crown
- 5 External Territories
- 5A Numbering
- 5B Notes
PART 2 -- Interpretation
- 6 Application of the Criminal Code
- 7 Definitions
PART 3 -- National WELS scheme
- 8 WELS scheme to be a national cooperative scheme
- 9 Application of this Act
- 10 Relationship to other State laws
- 11 State and Territory laws may operate concurrently
- 12 Meaning of “corresponding law”
- 13 Commonwealth consent to conferral of functions etc. on the Regulator or inspectors by corresponding laws
- 14 How duty is imposed by corresponding laws
- 15 When a corresponding State-Territory law imposes a duty
- 16 No doubling up of liabilities
- 17 Review of decisions under this Act
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 Applying for registration
- 27 Documentation etc. to be provided with application for registration
- 28 Registration of products
- 29 Grounds for refusing to register
- 30 Period of registration
- 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
- 34 Labelling registered products
Division 3 -- Minimum efficiency and performance requirements
- 35 Minimum water efficiency -- products required to be registered
- 36 Minimum general performance -- products required to be registered
Division 4 -- Misuse of WELS standards etc.
- 37 Misuse of WELS standards and information
- 38 Information inconsistent with WELS standards
- 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
- 40A Content of notice
- 40B Extension of time
- 40C Withdrawal of notice
- 40D Benefit of paying modified penalty
- 40E Application of penalties collected
- 40F Production of identity card
Division 2 -- Publicising offences
- 41 Regulator may publicise offences
Division 3 -- Enforceable undertakings
- 42 Acceptance of undertakings
- 43 Enforcement of undertakings
Division 4 -- 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 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 or other electronic means
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
- 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
- 65 Credits to the WELS Account
- 66 Purpose of the WELS Account
Division 2 -- Charging fees and recovering fees and other amounts
- 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 AAT
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
Defined terms