Victorian Current Acts

WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2005

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purpose  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Objects of Act  
   4.      Act to bind the Crown  
   5.      External Territories  
   5A.     Numbering  

   PART 2--INTERPRETATION

   6.      Application of the Criminal Code  
   7.      Definitions  
   7A.     Increased maximum fine for body corporate  

   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--Extensions of criminal responsibility

   39A.    Attempts  
   39B.    False or misleading information or document  

   PART 8--OTHER ENFORCEMENT

           Division 1--Infringement notices

   40.     Power to serve a notice  
   40A.    Form of notice  

           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  
   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  

           --Division 3 deals with applications for warrants.

   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  
   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 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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