(1)

Unless subsection (2) applies, a WELS product that is registered remains registered until the first of the following happens:

(a) the registration is cancelled or suspended under section 31;
(b) the period of 5 years that begins on the day on which the product is registered ends.

(2)

If:

(a) a WELS product is registered under a WELS standard (the first WELS standard ); and
(b) the first WELS standard is replaced;

the product remains registered under the first WELS standard until the first of the following happens:

(c) the product is registered under a WELS standard other than the first WELS standard;
(d) the period of one year that begins on the day on which the first WELS standard was replaced ends.

(3)

The Commonwealth Minister may, by writing, determine that, for specified purposes, the period of one year mentioned in paragraph (2)(d) is extended by a further specified period.

(4)

A determination under subsection (3) is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 and, despite subsection 44(1) of that Act, section 42 of that Act applies to the determination. However, Part 6 of that Act does not apply to the determination.