Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 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  
   7A.     Meaning of supply  

   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.     Registration of WELS products  

   PART 7--OFFENCES--AND CIVIL PENALTIES RELATING TO THE WELS SCHEME

           Division 1--Applicable WELS standards

   32.     Meaning of applicable WELS standard  

           Division 2--Registration and labelling

   32A.    False or misleading information or documents  
   33.     Supply of unregistered WELS products  
   34.     Supply of WELS products that are not WELS - labelled  

           Division 3--Minimum efficiency and performance requirements

   35.     Minimum water efficiency  
   36.     Minimum general performance  

           Division 4--Misuse of WELS standards etc.

   37.     Misuse of WELS standards and information  
   37A.    WELS - labelling products that are not WELS products  
   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 3A--Compliance audits

   43A.    Compliance audits  

           Division 3B--Remedial action

   43B.    Remedial action  

           Division 4--Injunctions

   44.     Injunctions  

   PART 8A--CIVIL--PENALTY ORDERS

           Division 1--Obtaining a civil penalty order

   44A.    Civil penalty orders  
   44B.    Civil enforcement of penalty  
   44C.    Conduct contravening more than one civil penalty provision  
   44D.    Multiple contraventions  
   44E.    Proceedings may be heard together  
   44F.    Civil evidence and procedure rules for civil penalty orders  
   44G.    Contravening a civil penalty provision is not an offence  

           Division 2--Civil proceedings and criminal proceedings

   44H.    Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings  
   44J.    Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings  
   44K.    Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings  
   44L.    Evidence given in civil proceedings not admissible in criminal proceedings  

           Division 3--Miscellaneous

   44M.    Ancillary contravention of civil penalty provisions  
   44N.    Continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions  
   44P.    Mistake of fact  
   44Q.    State of mind  

   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 powers--public areas of WELS business premises  
   49.     Inspection powers--with consent  
   50.     Refusing consent is 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.     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 Review 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