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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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