Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2005 (NO. 10 OF 2005)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Objects of Act  
   4.      Act to bind the Crown  
   5.      External territories  
   5A.     Numbering  
   5B.     Notes  
   6.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--INTERPRETATION

   7.      Dictionary  

   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.     Meaning of corresponding law  
   13.     Commonwealth consent to conferral of functions etc on regulator or inspectors by  
   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 Act  

   PART 4--WELS PRODUCTS AND WELS STANDARDS

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

   PART 5--WELS REGULATOR

   21.     The regulator  
   22.     Functions of regulator  
   23.     Powers of 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 SUPPLY OF WELS PRODUCTS

           Division 7.1--Applicable WELS standards

   32.     Meaning of applicable WELS standard  

           Division 7.2--Registration and labelling

   33.     Registration requirement  
   34.     Labelling registered products  

           Division 7.3--Minimum efficiency and performance requirements

   35.     Minimum water efficiency—products required to be registered  
   36.     Minimum general performance—products required to be  

           Division 7.4--Misuse of WELS standards and offences about information

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

   PART 8--OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

           Division 8.1--Infringement notices

   40.     Infringement notices  

           Division 8.2--Publicising offences

   41.     Regulator may publicise offences  

           Division 8.3--Enforceable undertakings

   42.     Acceptance of undertakings  
   43.     Enforcement of undertakings  

           Division 8.4--Injunctions

   44.     Injunctions  

   PART 9--WELS INSPECTORS

           Division 9.1--Appointment of WELS inspectors

   45.     Regulator may appoint WELS inspectors  
   46.     Identity cards  

           Division 9.2--Powers of WELS inspectors

   47.     Purposes for which functions can be exercised  
   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.     Copy of warrant to be given to occupier  
   54.     Occupier must provide inspector with facilities and assistance  
   55.     Seizing or securing evidential material  
   56.     Keeping evidential material for longer than 90 days  
   57.     Returning evidential material  

           Division 9.3--Applying for warrants to enter WELS premises

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

           Division 9.4--Giving WELS information to WELS inspectors

   60.     Meaning of person who has WELS information  
   61.     Regulator may require person to give information  
   62.     Regulator may require person to appear before WELS inspector  

           Division 9.5--Other enforcement matters

   63.     Privilege against self-incrimination not affected  
   63A.    Damage etc to be minimised  
   63B.    Compensation to be paid in certain circumstances  

   PART 10--MONEY

           Division 10.1--WELS account

   64.     WELS account  
   65.     Credits to WELS account  
   66.     Purpose of WELS account  

           Division 10.2--Charging fees and recovery of 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 Commonwealth administrative appeals  

   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.     Regulation-making power  
           DICTIONARY
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