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WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2005 NO. 4, 2005
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Objects of Act
4. Act to bind the Crown
5. External Territories
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 between this Act and other Commonwealth laws
11. State and Territory laws may operate concurrently
12. Meaning of corresponding State-Territory law
13. Commonwealth consent to conferral of functions etc. on the Regulator or inspectors by corresponding State-Territory laws
14. How duty is imposed by corresponding State-Territory laws
15. When a corresponding State-Territory law imposes a duty
16. No doubling-up of liabilities
17. Review of decisions under corresponding State-Territory laws
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 efficiencyproducts required to be registered
36. Minimum general performanceproducts 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
PART 8--OTHER ENFORCEMENT
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 which powers can be used
48. Inspection powerspublic areas of WELS business premises
49. Inspection powerswith consent
50. Refusing consent is not an offence
51. Inspection powerswith 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 etc.
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
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 etc.
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 Administrative Appeals Tribunal
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
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