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WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS AMENDMENT BILL 2010
2008-2009-2010
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Water Efficiency Labelling and
Standards Amendment Bill 2010
No. , 2010
(Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Water Efficiency
Labelling and Standards Act 2005, and for related
purposes
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Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Amendment of the Water Efficiency Labelling
and Standards Act 2005
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Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Bill 2010 No. , 2010 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Water Efficiency
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Labelling and Standards Act 2005, and for related
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purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Water Efficiency Labelling and
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Standards Amendment Act 2010.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be
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expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
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(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not
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part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or
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edited in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendment of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 Schedule 1
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Bill 2010 No. , 2010 3
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Water
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Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act
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2005
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1 After subsection 19(3)
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Insert:
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(3A) If the WELS standard requires or permits the products to be
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registered, the WELS standard may require either or both of the
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following:
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(a) that the products comply with requirements relating to
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plumbing that are contained in a specified document, as in
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force from time to time (including the Plumbing Code of
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Australia, or an Act or regulations made by a State or
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Territory, for example);
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(b) that a specified type of person or body certifies that the
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products comply with requirements relating to plumbing that
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are contained in a specified document, as in force from time
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to time (including the Plumbing Code of Australia, or an Act
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or regulations made by a State or Territory, for example).
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2 Paragraph 29(c)
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Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
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(c) the product does not satisfy:
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(i) a minimum water efficiency or minimum general
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performance requirement that the product is required to
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satisfy by the WELS standard for products of that kind;
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or
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(ii) a requirement under subsection 19(3A).
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