Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY DISCLOSURE ACT 2010

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   2A.     Object  
   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Offering to sell and inviting offers to purchase a building  
   5.      Offering to let or sublet and inviting offers to lease or sublease a building or an area of a building  
   5A.     Application to wholly - owned subsidiaries  
   6.      Further subleases  
   7.      Relationship with State and Territory law  
   8.      Act binds the Crown  
   9.      External Territories  

   PART 2--OBLIGATIONS--TO DISCLOSE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INFORMATION

   10.     Buildings and areas of buildings affected by energy efficiency disclosure obligations  
   11.     No sale, lease or sublease without a building energy efficiency certificate  
   12.     Rights of a prospective purchaser, lessee or sublessee  
   13.     Building energy efficiency certificates--applications  
   13A.    Building energy efficiency certificates--issue  
   14.     Building Energy Efficiency Register  
   15.     Advertisements to include energy efficiency ratings  
   17.     Exemptions on application  
   17A.    Automatic exemptions  
   18.     Information gathering  
   19.     Offences relating to information obtained or generated in applying for a certificate  
   20.     Damages for failure to properly carry out assessments  
   21.     Methods and standards of assessment  

   PART 3--ACCREDITATION--OF ASSESSORS

           Division 1--Accreditation

   24.     Application for accreditation  
   25.     Accreditation of assessors  
   26.     Period of accreditation  
   27.     Conditions of accreditation  

           Division 2--Suspension and revocation of accreditation

   28.     Suspension of accreditation  
   29.     Lift of suspension  
   30.     Revocation of accreditation  

           Division 3--General provisions relating to accreditation

   31.     Register of Accredited Assessors  
   32.     Offence--holding out to be an accredited assessor  

   PART 4--AUDITING--ACCREDITED ASSESSORS

           Division 1--Appointment of auditing authority and auditors

   33.     Auditing authority  
   34.     Auditors  
   35.     Identity cards  

           Division 2--Powers of auditors

   36.     Auditor may enter a building, an area of a building or an associated place by consent or under warrant  
   37.     Monitoring powers of auditors  
   38.     Persons assisting auditors  
   39.     Auditor may ask questions and seek production of documents  

           Division 3--Obligations of auditors

   40.     Consent  
   41.     Announcement before entry under warrant  
   42.     Auditor to be in possession of warrant  
   43.     Details of warrant etc. to be given to occupier  
   44.     Compensation for damage to electronic equipment  

           Division 4--Occupier's rights and responsibilities

   45.     Occupier entitled to observe execution of warrant  
   46.     Occupier to provide auditor with facilities and assistance  

           Division 5--Monitoring warrants

   47.     Monitoring warrants  

           Division 6--Powers of magistrates

   48.     Powers of magistrates  

   PART 5--ENFORCEMENT

           Division 1--Obtaining information and documents

   49.     Secretary may obtain information or documents  
   50.     Failure to comply with a notice  

           Division 2--Civil penalties

   51.     Civil penalty provisions  
   52.     Maximum amount of pecuniary penalty  

           Division 3--Infringement notices

   53.     Infringement notices  

           Division 4--Other matters

   65.     Energy Efficiency Non - disclosure Register  
   66.     Evidentiary certificate relating to the Building Energy Efficiency Register  

   PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

   67.     Reviewable decisions  
   68.     Internal review of certain decisions  
   69.     Administrative review of certain decisions  
   70.     Protection of information obtained or generated by issuing authorities, auditors etc.  
   71.     Delegations  
   71A.    Issuing authorities  
   72.     Regulations